Category Archives: Canada

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government will bring in targeted spending increases in its budget Tuesday, with fiscal balance remaining years away. A government source with knowledge of the budget t...

MONTREAL - The BC Lumber Trade Council and provincial government said Monday they will try to convince American consumers, politicians and lumber buyers that an equitable softwood lumber deal is neede...

MONTREAL - Federal prisoners who want to increase the amount they receive in inmate pay are hopeful a court will find in their favour and force the government to act on the issue. Lawyers representing...

OTTAWA - About 200 Canadian people have been unable to use their Nexus cards to cross the American border since U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a temporary halt to immigration from certain countri...

PORT HOOD, N.S. - Residents of Cape Breton’s southwest shore say they are shocked five seals have been found shot dead on a local beach. “It’s not normal. We’ve never heard of ...

OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson referenced the Mounties’ decision to give rifles to more frontline officers as he expressed fears Monday about the increasing militarization of Canadian po...

OTTAWA - The head of the government’s economic growth advisory council says governments need to find better ways to confront income inequality that risks becoming deeper as technology makes some...

OTTAWA - Health Canada has authorized three supervised injection sites in Montreal as the federal government looks to address the opioid crisis. One site will be located in Montreal’s Hochelaga-...

BANFF, Alta. - Bison are once again grazing along the remote eastern slopes of Banff National Park after a more than century-long absence. Parks Canada announced Monday it has moved 16 of the animals ...

OTTAWA - Tearing up the North American Free Trade Agreement will mean lost jobs in all three member countries, says the head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. But Tom Donohue also said there are ways t...