Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - While the Liberal government faces pressure to spend more on the military, National Defence has struggled to use the billions of dollars it already receives each year more efficiently. The de...

OTTAWA - An $800-million commitment central to the Trudeau government’s economic growth strategy is expected to be divvied up within the next few months among groups and companies that can persu...

CHARLOTTETOWN - P.E.I. is smaller than Algonquin park, and has fewer residents than Oakville, Ont., so it’s used to being overlooked from time to time. But Islanders are facing a fresh indignity...

EDMONTON - A little satellite built by a group of University of Alberta students will supply information that could one day prevent damage from solar flares. The AlbertaSat cube satellite, which is ab...

TORONTO - A garage owner will get a chance to argue before the Supreme Court of Canada that he should not be held responsible for the terrible injuries a teen suffered when he and a friend stole a car...

OTTAWA - Canadians can file their tax returns online again after the Canada Revenue Agency took the service down as a precautionary measure on Friday. Services returned to normal late Sunday. A notice...

A Facebook tool that helps students be more productive and keep track of assignments developed by a Victoria teen has gone viral in an unexpected place. Alec Jones, 14, says his chatbot, Christopher B...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Ultra curling fan Nathan Woynarski is going on five hours sleep, as he has for much of the last week. He is wearing a red heavy-metal band wig, blue tights and sunglasses - in...

TORONTO - The $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw was claimed by a ticket sold in British Columbia. And the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Residents in Newfoundland and Labrador spent Sunday taking stock of the damage caused by a fearsome windstorm that roared through the province a day earlier. Utility crews wor...