Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - A massive deal that would see Royal Dutch Shell and Marathon Oil sell Alberta oilsands assets to Canadian Natural Resources elicited a wide range of responses: “The pipeline situation ...

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs distanced themselves from one of their own Thursday after a Tory senator suggested there were positive aspects to Canada’s residential school system. Caucus members, in...

A number of Canadian mayors are sounding alarm bells over proposed budget cuts in the United States that would gut programs designed to help protect the Great Lakes. Budget proposals drafted by the ad...

Royal Dutch Shell’s deal to sell off most of its Canadian oilsands holdings shows the waning appeal of the higher-cost sector for foreign investors at a time of soft crude prices and abundant gl...

YORKTON, Sask. - The military says a search-and-rescue technician who died in a training accident in Saskatchewan had a parachute malfunction. Master Cpl. Alfred Barr was a member of 435 Transport and...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - A man whose family said they hadn’t seen him since a wildfire forced the evacuation of Fort McMurray last May has been found alive and well. Last week, Alberta RCMP asked ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s fisheries minister says he’s concerned Cooke Aquaculture hasn’t “gone to the public enough” about a recent fish kill at one of its salmon farming ...

MONTREAL - A man kidnapped at gunpoint under mysterious circumstances from his home near Montreal and later released is the president of the Cora breakfast restaurant chain, the company confirmed Thur...

VANCOUVER - Emergency crews in Vancouver say they are dealing with an “extremely high” number of overdose calls, including 174 last week. The city says the number of overdose calls Vancouv...

EDMONTON - Alberta is hiring a total of 50 more prosecutors to clear a backlog that is forcing the Crown to stay hundreds of charges, including cases of impaired driving. Justice Minister Kathleen Gan...