Category Archives: Canadian Press

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....

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 said s...

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 Friday, Sept. 9 --- JOBS NUMBERS REBOUNDED SOMEWHAT IN AUGUST: The latest numbers from Statistics Canada show the economy created 26-thousand, 200 net new jobs in Aug...

OTTAWA - The federal government must use its constitutional powers to give Quebec’s maple syrup producers the right to sell their products as they see fit, Conservative leadership candidate Maxi...

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...

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...

TORONTO - Veteran anchor Peter Mansbridge’s departure from “The National” is ushering in “the next phase” of CBC’s flagship news program, the public broadcasterR...

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 - The parents of a missing woman from northern Manitoba are begging for help to find their daughter who has disappeared without a trace. Christine Wood, who is 21, was with her mother and fat...