Category Archives: Canada

The federal government’s recent changes to mortgage lending rules have injected uncertainty into the real estate market, the president of the Canadian Real Estate Association said Friday. The me...

OTTAWA - Canadian and European politicians are scrambling to save their coveted free trade agreement after a Belgian region voted Friday to reject the deal. They are working into the weekend to persua...

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Erin O’Toole has joined the growing number of candidates to replace former prime minister Stephen Harper as party leader, a list that is becoming increasingly heavy with...

Seven stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 14 --- PM TRUDEAU STUMPS IN ALBERTA BYELECTION Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was greeted by a couple of thousand enthusiastic supporters last evening at a by...

CALGARY - The National Energy Board says a building spree in non-hydroelectric renewable power projects between 2005 and 2015 took its share of overall capacity in Canada from two per cent to 11 per c...

QUEBEC - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is wrapping up his two-day Canadian visit with several events today in Quebec City. Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard is hosting Valls and the two will hold...

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was greeted by a couple of thousand enthusiastic supporters Thursday evening at a byelection campaign event in Medicine Hat, a southeastern Alberta ...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s largest union is in no hurry to use its newly won right to strike to squeeze a big raise from the cash-strapped NDP government. The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AU...

OTTAWA - Dominic Barton, chair of the federal government’s growth council, gave an update this week on what these economic advisers have on their radar as they look for ways to improve long-term...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Daring thieves stole a $10,000 diamond in a split-second switch with a fake, a New Brunswick jeweller says. “These were pros,” said Wayne Smith, owner of W. Smith and Co...