Category Archives: Canada

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s government is staking its re-election on a nearly $1 billion cut in medical service premiums, a small business tax reduction and carefully targeted spending increas...

OTTAWA - The head of Canada’s financial intelligence unit warns that regulators must grapple with the challenges of emerging financial technologies, some of which he says have been exploited by ...

TORONTO - The Canadian Centre for Child Protection is warning parents following reports of sexually suggestive messages being sent through the popular Roblox children’s gaming environment. Roblo...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Feb. 21 --- TORIES ACCUSED OF STOKING ANTI-MUSLIM FEARS: Conservative MPs are stoking a wave of anti-Muslim sentiment by raising unfounded fears about a moti...

MONTREAL - For many asylum-seekers crossing from the United States into Canada, Roxham Road in the small Quebec town of Hemmingford represents the first steps of a potential new life. But their journe...

OTTAWA - A report commissioned by the Heritage Department suggests the federal government find new ways to boost Canadian content in a digital world, opening the door to potential new taxes or levies ...

WINNIPEG - The man charged in the death of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine is going directly to trial. The lawyer for Raymond Cormier, who is charged with second-degree murder, says the next step is to set ...

MONTREAL - An American fugitive dubbed the “Godfather of Grass” will remain detained pending his deportation because authorities consider him a flight risk and a danger to the public. Immi...

TORONTO - A wind power company is going to court to try to get $28 million it is owed by the federal government over an Ontario offshore wind moratorium. Windstream Energy had a 300-megawatt project p...

MONTREAL - Conservative public safety critic Tony Clement is asking for an apology from the CBC after he hung up the phone during a live radio interview about refugees. On morning show “Montreal...