Category Archives: Canada

Six stories in the news for Friday, Jan. 6 --- PM TO EMBARK ON CROSS-COUNTRY TOUR Justin Trudeau is ringing in the new year with a determined effort to re-establish his connection with grassroots Cana...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is ringing in the new year with a determined effort to re-establish his connection with grassroots Canadians after closing out 2016 amid accusations of kowtowing...

WOODSTOCK, Ont. - The case of a former nurse accused of killing eight seniors at two long-term care homes in southwestern Ontario has been put over to Jan. 13. Elizabeth Wettlaufer is charged with eig...

Saskatoon’s Remai Modern Art Gallery has been named in a New York Times article - along with a new addition of the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi - as places to see this year. In the annual article ...

VANCOUVER - A child has died in a house fire on Vancouver’s east side and five family members rescued from the residence are in hospital. Capt. Jonathan Gormick of Vancouver Fire and Rescue coul...

EDMONTON – The next stage of Alberta’s carbon plan is under way, with carbon tax rebate cheques arriving to low and middle-income families. Deputy premier Sarah Hoffman says the rebate sho...

SHERBROOKE, , Que. - A lawyer for the driver of the train that crashed in Lac-Megantic in 2013 is no longer seeking a stay of proceedings in his client’s criminal case. Thomas Walsh says Tom Har...

TORONTO - Corporate behemoths Walmart Canada and Visa have declared a truce in their dispute over merchant fees, allowing Walmart customers in Manitoba and Thunder Bay, Ont., to resume using the credi...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s Supreme Court has delayed a hearing on a case that seeks to set aside two rulings made by the provincial conflict of interest commissioner involving Premier Christ...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Jan. 5 CANADA COULD BE HEADING TOWARD DECADES OF DEFICITS, SAYS REPORT: Federal numbers released quietly by the government late last month are painting a bl...