Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. has struck a deal to acquire Houston-based Spectra Energy in a friendly, all-stock deal worth US$28 billion in what would be the largest foreign takeover by a Canadian company....

MONTREAL - A group of more than 100 Montreal taxi drivers announced Tuesday it will sue the city over the right to wear black jeans on the job. Cabbies say they will file an injunction in the coming d...

CALGARY - Protests over trees usually happen when they’re being cut down, but some Calgary residents are upset the city has planted saplings in a park across from their homes. Ian Burgess says s...

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier says the best way to promote Canadian values is to provide new immigrants with economic opportunities to help them integrate into society - no...

NEWMARKET, Ont. - Police say a 41-year-old man - who allegedly claimed to be a diplomat from the United Kingdom as part of an elaborate fraud - is facing charges after an Ontario woman lost $30,000 in...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Sept. 6 ____ ALLIES USING CANADIAN INFO TO BOMB ISIL: Senior military officer, Brig.-Gen. Shane Brennan, says Canadian military aircraft are providing vital ...

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier is calling for Quebec’s maple syrup producers to be allowed to sell the sweet stuff as they see fit. They are currently subject to a sup...

OTTAWA - Although the Liberal government withdrew Canada’s CF-18s from Iraq and Syria in the spring, two Aurora surveillance planes and a Polaris refuelling aircraft have continued to participat...

OTTAWA - Despite the withdrawal of Canada’s fighter jets from Iraq and Syria last spring, a senior officer says Canadian military aircraft are providing vital intelligence to allies for air stri...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg woman accused of hiding the remains of six infants in a storage locker has had an unrelated charge against her stayed. Andrea Giesbrecht’s lawyer, Matthew Gould, says the C...