Category Archives: Canada

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she was celebrating her 19th wedding anniversary when she heard the Opposition leader was joking about physically assaulting her. “I was bemused,...

TORONTO - Schools across Ontario - and indeed anywhere in the country - can now access a research-based online resource that teachers can adapt for educating their students about the dangers and preve...

OTTAWA - The deadline to enter the Conservative leadership race is nearly half a year away, but the list of potential candidates is still growing as MPs look ahead to a caucus retreat in Halifax later...

TORONTO - A man who admitted to fatally shooting a person in the back on a street outside a child’s birthday party has won bail after almost seven years in custody. In its decision Thursday, the...

SUSSEX, N.B. - A New Brunswick man unhappy with a noisy outdoor piano in his local town square took matters into his own hands this week: He screwed the key cover shut. The weatherized, brightly colou...

MONTREAL - Bombardier is juggling challenges on two new fronts in Canada, temporarily suspending business jet production and falling behind in its delivery of a light rail transit prototype for Toront...

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer has taken a look at the long-term costs to the government and families of the Liberals’ new child benefit. Here are some figures about the benefit progr...

HALIFAX - A palatial cruise ship described by passengers as a mini, moving city cast an impressive figure on the Halifax waterfront Thursday, breaking port records as thousands of tourists flooded int...

VANCOUVER - It’s been one year since the image of a drowned toddler lying face down on a Turkish beach turned the eyes of the world to the Syrian refugee crisis, but observers say the powerful p...

OTTAWA - The deadline to enter the Conservative leadership race is still months away, but Peter MacKay said he knows he will have to make up his mind quickly. “Obviously a decision has to be tak...