Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Liberal government tabled legislation Tuesday that would impose a new four-year contract for the province’s 9,300 teachers and result in an end to their union’...

BRAMPTON, Ont. - A mother, father and daughter died in a house fire Tuesday morning, while the couple’s other daughter suffered severe burns when the flames and heavy smoke spread quickly throug...

OTTAWA - Some 200 soldiers from Edmonton are preparing to deploy to Ukraine - though with everyone waiting to see whether the mission there will be extended, exactly how long they will be staying is a...

OTTAWA - Feeling a sense of relief following Donald Trump’s remarks on the future of U.S. trade with Canada, business leaders are now hoping for a second wave of positive news out of Europe. Cor...

Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Feb. 14: --- TRUDEAU, TRUMP TALK BRIDGES, NOT WALLS There was no talk of walls, only bridges as Donald Trump held his first official meeting with Prime Minister Ju...

VANCOUVER - Garfield Mahood has spent 30 years fighting for the Canadian government to require plain packaging for cigarettes. So, the long-time non-smokers’ rights activist says he doesn’...

VICTORIA - British Columbia politicians are back in Victoria today to kick off the final sitting of the provincial legislature before residents head to the polls. Lt.-Gov Judith Guichon will read the ...

WASHINGTON - The relationship-building effort with Donald Trump began within hours of his stunning election win. After the shocks in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, came a smaller surprise in a...

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man who alleges the province is discriminating against him by not allowing him to use a modified Segway as an assisted-mobility device will have his case heard at a prov...

DUCK LAKE, Sask. - Cree activist, artist and actor Tyrone Tootoosis has died. Tootoosis, who was 58, died Sunday at his ranch near Duck Lake. John Lagimodiere, editor and publisher of Eagle Feather Ne...