Category Archives: Canada

BISMARCK, N.D. - Tribes representing tens of thousands of indigenous people in the U.S. and Canada will be signing a declaration against the planned Keystone XL oil pipeline. Leaders of the Blackfoot ...

QUEBEC - A member of the Opposition Parti Quebecois was ejected from caucus Tuesday after admitting being in a conflict of interest situation while he was in municipal politics. Gaetan Lelievre, who r...

OTTAWA - Health Minister Jane Philpott pledged action Tuesday to bring down “unacceptably high drug costs” as she announced consultations on a suite of proposed regulatory changes related ...

CALGARY - Opponents of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion have no power to stop it, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said Tuesday in her strongest rebuke yet since the outcome of the British Columbia ...

OTTAWA - Former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy has been tapped to lead a new international group in search of practical solutions to the world’s massive refugee crisis. Axworthy will he...

MONCTON, N.B. - An expert in tactical operations said emergency response teams were “confused” when they arrived on the scene of a 2014 shooting rampage in Moncton, N.B., and did not feel ...

TORONTO - If Tina Martino couldn’t receive a call from her son this mother’s day, word that his body was finally being returned home for a proper burial was the next best thing. Martino le...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - North America’s longest subsea electricity cable has been connected between the island of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, Halifax-based Emera Inc. confirmed Tuesday. The 1...

TORONTO - Canada’s system of detaining some foreigners who cannot be readily deported may not be perfect but it is fair and constitutional, a government lawyer argued on Tuesday. As such, he arg...

HALIFAX - Inappropriate, sexist and homophobic language left lingering on the Internet has been exacting a toll on the list of political hopefuls in Nova Scotia’s election, with a third candidat...