Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.2 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated...

OTTAWA - The annual inflation rate accelerated last month for the first time since January for a result that supported the view consumer prices are set to rise with the improving economy. Statistics C...

Five stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 18 --- FORMER NEO-NAZI SAYS YOUTH CAN TURN FROM HATE The recent racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, has a former neo-Nazi from Vancouver urging pare...

VANCOUVER - A former neo-Nazi from Vancouver says the violence in Charlottesville, Va., presents an opportunity for parents and educators to become more aware of how easily youth can be lured into a s...

WASHINGTON - The American dairy industry is split on the question of Canada’s supply-management system as national negotiators get set to hold their first session on agriculture Saturday in Nort...

TORONTO - Ali Van Orman is still looking for specialized glasses to protect her family’s eyes during Monday’s solar eclipse because she never counted on demand totally eclipsing supply. Sh...

OTTAWA - A pledge by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to yank federal funding from universities that fail to uphold free speech wouldn’t apply to a decision by the University of Toronto to ban ...

MONTREAL - Quebec’s public transportation systems are the latest target in the ongoing debate in the province over religion and identity. Neither Montreal’s transit authority nor unions re...

ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Justice says a Canadian man has been charged after allegedly flying to Atlanta in an attempt to have sex with a 13-year-old Georgia girl he met on the internet. Offici...

CALGARY - Alberta’s minister of trade says Canada’s oil and gas industry has little to worry about as wide-ranging North American trade negotiations get underway. Speaking Thursday after a...