Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - Erica Penton’s goal is to never buy clothes again - not even her bras. The self-taught seamstress is on a quest to fill her closet entirely with clothes she made herself. Penton starte...

TORONTO - The first official day of spring may be around the corner, but southern Ontario is getting a blast of winter that could bring up to 30 centimetres of snow to some areas. Rob Kuhn, a severe w...

TORONTO - Montreal director Xavier Dolan’s “It’s Only the End of the World” and Space’s human cloning series “Orphan Black” emerged Sunday as this year’...

MONTREAL - Former Parti Quebecois leadership candidate Martine Ouellet has officially entered the race to lead the Bloc Quebecois. She turned in the necessary papers in Montreal on Sunday. Ouellet, 47...

OTTAWA - Four candidates for the leadership of the federal NDP sought Sunday to set the stage for their respective campaigns during a civil debate that offered as much opportunity for policy and polit...

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...