Category Archives: Canada

Six stories in the news for Tuesday, April 4 --- NO SEATS CHANGE HANDS IN FIVE FEDERAL BYELECTIONS The seating grid in the House of Commons is unchanged following five federal byelections. The Liberal...

TORONTO - With the start of summer vacations just a few months away, the country’s top doctor is urging Canadians to make sure their measles vaccinations are up to date, especially for those pla...

OTTAWA - The final outcomes of Monday’s federal byelections might appear to do little to change the political landscape in the House of Commons, since no seats changed hands among the parties. I...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he’s now ready to move ahead with a health-care funding deal with Ottawa. Pallister had earlier accused the federal government of threatening to ...

EDMONTON - Another investigation has cleared former Alberta premier Alison Redford of wrongdoing on how she selected a law firm to sue tobacco companies on behalf of the province. Redford was Alberta&...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s two conservative parties, working on a deal to join forces, are at odds when it comes to social clubs for gay students in schools. Wildrose Leader Brian Jean says he disagre...

WINNIPEG - The sister of a Manitoba teen who became one of the poster children for the issue of missing and murdered indigenous woman is now missing herself and her family says it all stems from the t...

OTTAWA - Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai will receive her honorary Canadian citizenship in Ottawa next week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says the presentation will take plac...

OTTAWA - Byelections were held in five federal ridings on Monday. Here are lists of the candidates: Calgary Heritage Khalis Ahmed, NDP. Bob Benzen, Conservative. Scott Forsyth, Liberal. Stephen J. Gar...

REGINA - The family of a Regina woman who died after plunging 10 storeys down a hotel laundry chute wants the case reopened. Nadine Machiskinic was found at the bottom of the chute at Regina’s D...