Category Archives: Canada

VICTORIA - The B.C. government says it is time to reap the financial rewards of sustained budget surpluses, promising taxpayers Tuesday that they can expect to see some relief in next week’s bud...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau arrives in Europe on Thursday and plans to talk more openly about one of the things he didn’t discuss with Donald Trump - the merits of free trade in the face of increasi...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Feb. 14 --- ’60S SCOOP PLAINTIFFS WIN CLASS ACTION: Canada failed to take reasonable steps to prevent thousands of on-reserve children who were placed ...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says he will soon talk face-to-face with his U.S. counterpart about the difficulties some Canadians are experiencing at the border. Goodale said Tuesday h...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government won’t be able to spend hundreds of millions in infrastructure money this year, instead moving the planned spending to next year. Spending documents released Tuesd...

WINNIPEG - The perilous walk through frozen fields at the border between the United States and Manitoba was just the latest chapter of a three-continent, danger-filled journey for Mohammed and Mamood,...

TORONTO - Genome editing, a powerful technology that allows researchers to add, remove or replace snippets of DNA from cells, should only be used for the potential treatment or prevention of serious d...

OTTAWA - The Liberals have defeated a motion that accused the government of misleading Canadians on electoral reform and demanded they apologize for their broken promise. The motion put forward in the...

OTTAWA - The federal government for the second year in a row is writing off millions in student loans it will never collect, this time to the tune of $178.4 million. The money represents 32,554 loans ...

TORONTO - In a bid to make up for a shortfall of high-quality nutritious food, some Canadian food banks are growing their own produce - and even farming fish. The Mississauga Food Bank recently launch...