Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - The latest Canada Post stamp commemorating Canada’s 150th birthday pays tribute to the fact that same-sex couples have the right to get married in this country. The agency unveiled the...

WHITEHORSE - National Aboriginal Day has officially become a statutory holiday in Yukon. “It’s great to see,” said Grand Chief Peter Johnston of the Council of Yukon First Nations ab...

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba politician is planning to repay a $5,000 cellphone bill he racked up while on a tropical vacation. Rob Altemeyer, a longtime legislature member for the Opposition New Democrats, ...

OTTAWA - The federal government’s plan to impose a carbon tax on provinces that don’t do it themselves is expected to mimic the Alberta carbon program, including rebate payments sent direc...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, May 9 --- DISGRACED SEN. DON MEREDITH RESIGNS: Disgraced Sen. Don Meredith is resigning from the Senate rather than wait to see if his colleagues expel him f...

EDMONTON - Natural Resources Canada is forecasting an average wildfire season for much of the country this year. Researchers say dry conditions and low precipitation in areas of Alberta, British Colum...

OTTAWA - After 68 years of resistance, Canada is changing its mind and plans to ratify an international treaty that affirms the labour rights of workers - a move that sets it apart from its NAFTA part...

TORONTO - A Toronto-area food manufacturer and distributor is facing criminal charges after allegedly trying to pass off ordinary cheese as a kosher product. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has la...

OTTAWA - On Monday, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said the government would work out with Ontario and Quebec who would cover what costs as part of the response to ongoing flooding. Less than 24...

DEUX MONTAGNES, Que. - As Liz Smart sat in a canoe outside her Montreal-area home, surrounded by several feet of water, she joked about having to make sure her husband’s ashes were kept on high ...