Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has denied a divisive request from Toronto to charge tolls on two major highways into the city’s core, framing the decision as a move to protect people&#...

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says he acted diligently this week in dealing with a former cabinet minister who is facing a provincial police investigation. Couillard tried Friday to cla...

OTTAWA - The military says a navy lieutenant stationed in Kingston, Ont., has been charged with sexual assault and criminal harassment. The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service says Lt. Bren...

General Motors is cutting 625 jobs at its assembly plant near London, Ont., a move that union officials say demonstrates why NAFTA has been a bad deal for the Canadian automotive industry as jobs have...

OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $12.7 billion over the first eight months of its 2016-17 fiscal year - compared with a $1-billion surplus during the same period a year earlier. The sh...

HALIFAX - The federal Liberal party will hold its biennial convention next year in Halifax. It will be held at the still-under construction Halifax Convention Centre from next April 19 to 22, the firs...

HALIFAX - Carbon monoxide that came from a home’s furnace appears to have been the “silent killer” of a man and a woman in their 50s who were found dead at their duplex residence in ...

VANCOUVER - Two Canadian universities are among the organizations that have removed advertisements from an ultra-conservative news website formerly headed by a top adviser to U.S. President Donald Tru...

CALGARY - The National Energy Board has thrown out nearly two years of decisions on the Energy East pipeline review in a move that deals a further blow to the project but doesn’t go far enough f...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s former NDP leader, who resigned earlier this month over party in-fighting, has joined the provincial Conservative party. Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higg...