Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - The federal government is proposing long-term contracts with private operators to provide ferry services linking the three Maritime provinces and the Magdalene Islands. Transport Canada says...

MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is looking at ways to do more to help South Sudan, where millions face famine. Earlier this week, senior clerics from three of Canada’s large...

TORONTO - The Ontario government says it is prepared to lower corporate taxes, if necessary, in order to keep the province competitive with the U.S. Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid says the ...

EDMONTON - While many hockey fans go big with their pride come playoff time, researchers at the University of Alberta have gone small - really, really small. Nanotechnology experts at the school have ...

CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed two appeals in the case of a man who argued he was fending off an attempted sex assault when he stabbed his new neighbour 37 times. Nicholas Rasberr...

CALGARY - An Alberta judge has agreed to delay the trial of a couple accused of causing their toddler’s death after both parents agreed to waive their right to a speedy trial. Jeromie and Jennif...

WHITEHORSE - A solo climber who waited four days to be rescued from Canada’s highest mountain following two earthquakes in Yukon was too exhausted to say much beyond “thank you” to a...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has set up a showdown with the Senate over whether workers should be required to unionize through a secret ballot. Labour Minister Patty Hajdu told the Commons on Frida...

HALIFAX - New Democrats in Nova Scotia are promising to reinstate a film tax credit axed by the Liberal government, NDP Leader Gary Burrill pledged Friday, saying the government’s move left the ...

OTTAWA - Universities have less than two years to find ways to recruit more women and minorities for Canada Research Chairs, or they won’t get any more positions funded by the federal government...