Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - The Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index and Wall Street indices all soared to record highs Friday, bolstered by news that U.S. President Donald Trump will soon reveal his tax policy. O...

HALIFAX - A spooked sheep caused a brief stir in Halifax’s west end Friday. The animal was photographed wandering alone among the dirty snowbanks in the Halifax Forum parking lot, and was soon i...

TORONTO - Canadians - especially young people - are consuming excessive amounts of sugary drinks, a trend that could have future consequences for their health and the overall health-care system, new r...

MONTREAL - An ex-Quebec immigration minister will seek the federal Liberal nomination for an upcoming byelection in Stephane Dion’s old Montreal riding, a source told The Canadian Press on Frida...

MONTREAL - A Quebec student athlete says he’s not sure why he was denied entry to the United States after a five-hour interrogation in which he was asked about religion and his Moroccan roots. Y...

TORONTO - The federal government backed off on Friday from its widely panned last-minute plan to force a judge to delay his decision on the ’60s Scoop class-action lawsuit. That means Ontario Su...

TORONTO - A community newspaper’s payment to enter a feel-good story about a family of Syrian refugees in an awards competition prompted PayPal to freeze the account of a national media organiza...

OTTAWA - Ontario has joined Quebec in urging the federal government to set up a loan guarantee program for Canada’s softwood lumber producers who face the threat of tariffs and restrictions on e...

OTTAWA - The federal government says thousands of jobs for young Canadians didn’t materialize quite as the Liberals had expected under a marquee summer jobs program. The government says that alm...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - A proposed multimillion-dollar class-action lawsuit has been filed against Walmart Canada stemming from allegations the chain sold potentially contaminated food after the Fort M...