Category Archives: Canada

Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Nov. 8 --- AMERICANS SELECT A NEW PRESIDENT TODAY AFTER AN UNPRECEDENTED CAMPAIGN Americans cast ballots today in a presidential election that is like no other in ...

OTTAWA - George Lawrence Price was just one of the estimated 66,000 Canadians who died during or as a result of the First World War. By many accounts, his service during what was hoped to be “th...

OTTAWA - President Barack Obama will use every remaining day of his term to win congressional approval for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, says the U.S. ambassador to Canada. Envoy Bruc...

TORONTO - People across Canada and around the world gathered Tuesday in front of television and computer screens as the season finale of the ultimate political reality TV show turned up a stunning plo...

REGINA - Political and indigenous leaders in Saskatchewan are heading to a northern community to try to understand why so many young girls are killing themselves. Premier Brad Wall and Bobby Cameron, ...

CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - After more than a week of testimony, the trial of a man whose African rock python escaped and killed two young New Brunswick boys came down to one question: Did his decision not to...

WHITEHORSE - There’ll be many new faces in the Yukon legislature after the Liberals swept to power in Monday’s election. Liberal Leader Sandy Silver will go from being the lone elected mem...

OTTAWA - A bid to stop the federal government from revoking Canadians’ citizenship without a hearing has failed. Federal Court Justice Russell Zinn has dismissed a case brought by the Canadian A...

CHARLOTTETOWN - A non-binding plebiscite on electoral reform in Prince Edward Island has shown voters support a switch to a form of proportional representation. Mixed member proportional representatio...

Air Canada says it has revised its uniform policy to make it clear that in-flight crews can wear poppy pins in honour of Remembrance Day. The airline says that while it has regulations on non-service ...