Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - As NAFTA 2.0 negotiations begin, an old trade issue with a strange name has emerged to create unlikely allies across the political spectrum and staunch defenders in the oilpatch. The “...

TORONTO - An online posting for a nationalist rally planned at the University of Toronto, which came to light days after a deadly clash between protesters and white supremacists in Virginia, has raise...

OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr defended on Tuesday his government’s ability to get major resource projects moving, saying the government has approved a number of proposals and it&#...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia is poised to face its worst wildfire season as flames scorch thousands of hectares of land and costs rise to deal with the devastation. BC Wildfire Service spokesman ...

VICTORIA - The B.C. government says it’s planning to increase the provincial minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021. Labour Minister Harry Bains said Tuesday a fair wages commission will be establi...

STRATHMORE, Alta. - A woman charged after a critically injured dog was found tied to a car was confronted by animal rights protesters when she made her first court appearance Tuesday. Melinda Harris, ...

VANCOUVER - Canada’s agriculture minister says using DNA-based technology to test the health of fruit plants will grow Canada’s agricultural export sector. Lawrence MacAulay announced Tues...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Aug. 15 --- LABOUR GROUPS MAKE PITCHES AHEAD OF NAFTA TALKS: Labour groups made their final pitches Tuesday to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland abo...

When Nicole Dumontet found out the Clinton family would be staying at the renowned Manoir Hovey in the small Quebec town of North Hatley, booking a room at the same time was the only option. “I ...

HALIFAX - More women have come forward to complain about abortion-access hurdles in Nova Scotia, as a national lobby group says it plans a renewed push in the province. One woman says she was a 23-yea...