Category Archives: Canada

WINNIPEG - Discount air carrier NewLeaf Travel says it is cancelling plans to offer flights between Alberta and the Phoenix-Mesa airport in Arizona this year because another airline copied the idea. J...

UPPER BIG TRACADIE, N.S. - RCMP said four bodies were found inside a home in northeastern Nova Scotia on Tuesday, but did not immediately provide further details, other than to say the public was not ...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Jan. 3 REPORT SAYS TOP EXECS EARN 193 TIMES THE AVERAGE WORKER: Before lunchtime Tuesday, Canada’s highest-paid CEOs were projected to earn as much as ...

MONTREAL - Canada faces “stormy days” ahead on softwood lumber and other issues with the U.S. after incoming president Donald Trump picked someone with a protectionist bent to be the next ...

Vancouver is giving away bucket loads of free road salt to residents as an unusually cold and snowy winter torments the traditionally temperate West Coast, turning some streets and sidewalks into impr...

CALGARY - A veteran aviation safety expert says the case of a pilot allegedly passed out drunk in the cockpit shortly before scheduled takeoff from Calgary is the worst suspected incident of its type ...

VICTORIA - Homeowners across parts of southern British Columbia have received big increases in the assessed value of their homes, prompting the government to review who qualifies for a grant that help...

HALIFAX - The husband of Nova Scotia’s immigration minister has been reportedly charged with assault. Halifax police said Tuesday that 58-year-old Maroun Diab was arrested early New Year’s...

OTTAWA - The federal government’s push to close bilateral health-funding deals with individual provinces and territories appears to be losing momentum. After talks to establish a national fundin...

OTTAWA - Almost three-quarters of veterans using medical marijuana will feel the impact this spring when the federal government imposes a new limit on the amount of weed for which it will pay. A new r...