Category Archives: Canada

Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Feb. 8 --- BOMBARDIER WELCOMES FEDERAL MONEY Bombardier CEO Alain Bellemare says he welcomes federal support even though his company did not get the one-billion...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will release the first batch of data today from the 2016 census. This batch — the first of seven to be released during the year — will focus on population as of ...

BRUNO, Sask. - A Royal Canadian Air Force pilot with Saskatchewan roots could be headed to the stars. Jason Leuschen was born in B.C., but his family moved to a farm near Bruno, east of Saskatoon, whe...

REGINA - A professional misconduct hearing has begun into accusations that a teacher mistreated the girls on the basketball team she coached more than 30 years ago. Martina Cain is now retired but unt...

WASHINGTON - Canadian cabinet ministers are fanning throughout the U.S. capital this week to meet members of the new Trump administration, laying the groundwork for an anticipated visit by Prime Minis...

OTTAWA - Health Canada says it will be conducting random testing of medical cannabis goods made by licensed producers. The move follows voluntary recalls by two companies after their products were fou...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Charges resulting from an emergency landing of a Russian flight in Iqaluit have been stayed against a man from Armenia. On Nov. 25, Aeroflot Russian flight SU 0107 made an emergency...

ALTONA, Man. - Police in southern Manitoba saved this pig’s bacon. Officers with the Altona Police Service were called Monday about a pig blocking lunch-hour traffic on the town’s main str...

QUEBEC - The recent shootings at a Quebec City mosque shouldn’t distract from the ongoing debate on religious accommodation, Premier Philippe Couillard said Tuesday. Couillard said his governmen...

MONTREAL - The federal government says it will provide $372.5 million in interest-free loans to Bombardier, a move that elicited criticism even though it is far less than the transportation giant orig...