Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - At the auto dealerships in southwestern Nova Scotia, it’s not unusual for a fisherman to mark the purchase of a new truck by presenting the successful salesman with a fresh lobster. Cl...

OTTAWA - The amount Canadians owe compared with how much they earn hit a new record in the second quarter, driven in part by the country’s hot housing markets. TD Bank senior economist Leslie Pr...

HAMILTON - A 34-year-old Hamilton man has been charged after allegedly setting fire to a local mosque. Police allege the man was at the Ibrahim Jame Mosque late Wednesday night and was seen lighting a...

OTTAWA - An in-depth review of Canada’s anti-money-laundering efforts has uncovered serious concerns that organized crime is using the country’s hot real estate sector to illegally funnel ...

TORONTO - Walmart Canada continued its battle with Visa over merchant fees Thursday, with an announcement that it will no longer accept the popular credit card at any of its Manitoba stores starting n...

OTTAWA - Major changes are in the works for the iconic Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel in the national capital. The plan is to add as many as 200 long-term stay suites in the hotel just steps from Parl...

Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- VERDICT TODAY IN TRAVIS VADER’S TRIAL More than six years after Lyle and Marie McCann vanished without a trace while on a summer road t...

CALGARY - Solar power projects that could jolt Alberta’s electricity grid with the addition of hundreds of megawatts of renewable power are being lined up in anticipation of incentives from the ...

EDMONTON - The son of an Alberta couple who disappeared while driving to a camping trip with family more than six years ago said Thursday that a murder verdict in their deaths is a huge relief to the ...

CALGARY - The Crown says a Calgary teen who died of starvation and untreated diabetes was doomed and trapped by the “two people with the power to save him.” “What little life he was ...