Category Archives: Canada

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The much-watched Chase the Ace draw near St. John’s will end with a flourish of drama next week. The provincial government announced its “exit plan” for the ...

HALIFAX - The top executive of Atlantic Canada’s biggest children’s hospital has stepped down amid an expenses controversy. Tracy Kitch, chief executive officer of Halifax’s IWK Heal...

OTTAWA - The Senate is asking the Federal Court to block the release of documents in a labour dispute where one of its top officials faces racism allegations. The allegations come from Darshan Singh, ...

MONTREAL - A four-day urban rodeo that is promising to bring a bit of the Wild West to Montreal’s Old Port is also expected to draw daily protests from groups denouncing the event as animal crue...

WASHINGTON - Canada, the United States, and Mexico have signed a confidentiality agreement designed to prevent leaks during the NAFTA negotiations, with a list of rules to protect details of the offer...

OTTAWA - Judy Foote twice continued working to represent her Newfoundland and Labrador constituents while fighting gruelling battles with breast cancer, but it was a health risk to her children that p...

TORONTO - A call from an Ontario teachers’ union to remove the name of Canada’s first prime minister from public elementary schools was rejected by the province’s premier Thursday as...

FREDERICTON - New figures show cost-cutting measures by the New Brunswick government are improving the province’s finances. The province will release a first quarter report Friday and government...

Quebec will begin handing out welfare cheques to as many as 4,000 asylum seekers next week, the province’s employment minister said Thursday. “Quebec has responsibilities in immigration,&#...

OTTAWA - “We have a proven track record of exceeding our spending requirements on Canadian programming and, specifically, drama and documentary programming not because we have to, but because it...