Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Sen. Denise Batters was minutes from boarding a flight home when she noticed two-day old Twitter posts that said she was only in the upper chamber because her husband killed himself. Twenty y...

OTTAWA - The federal government is facing increased pressure from Indigenous advocates to confront how historical figures are celebrated in Canada following the passage of a motion by an Ontario teach...

PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - Premier John Horgan is citing fairness and affordability for his fledgling NDP government’s decision to eliminate tolls on two major Vancouver-area bridges in time for the...

OTTAWA - Officials in Canada and the U.S. are concerned that the next wave of asylum seekers at the border could be a population far bigger than the Haitians crossing now. More than 260,000 Salvadoran...

HALIFAX - A federal report suggests some Maritime waters were warmer than normal last year, including record-breaking temperatures at the bottom of the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Fisherie...

MONTREAL - New charges have been laid against a Montreal man already accused of first-degree murder in the death of a newborn baby whose pregnant mother was stabbed. Sofiane Ghazi was charged last mon...

TORONTO - Canadian and American auto worker unions say they’ll continue to fight for higher wages in Mexico with or without a NAFTA deal, even as U.S. President Donald Trump threatened again to ...

REGINA - The first indication of what impact Saskatchewan’s spring austerity budget has had shows things are on track despite a slight jump in spending. After the first three months of the fisca...

SURREY, B.C. - A major health authority in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland issued a warning Friday about illicit drugs after an increase in suspected overdose deaths in the past week. Fraser H...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s decision to end the long service award for public-sector workers - retirement bonuses that cost the government tens of millions of dollars a year - is proving particularl...