Category Archives: Canada

Canada's opening stance for NAFTA talks: Common ground, not confrontation
WASHINGTON - The Canadian government is signalling the approach it intends to take should Donald Trump make good on his promise to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. Canada’s a...
Jan 02, 2017

Canada's opening stance for NAFTA talks: Common ground, not confrontation
WASHINGTON - The Canadian government is signalling the approach it intends to take should Donald Trump make good on his promise to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. Canada’s a...
Jan 02, 2017
Perfume maker bottles scents of Montreal for city's 375th birthday
MONTREAL - At first whiff, the traffic and grime of Montreal’s busy downtown may not seem like the best inspiration for a luxurious perfume, but Claude-Andre Hebert begs to differ. In honour of ...
Jan 02, 2017
Newfoundland man diagnosed with schizophrenia sues over forced injection in car
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A man diagnosed with schizophrenia who says he was forcibly injected by a health worker in the back of a car is suing Newfoundland’s largest health authority. Marc Arsen...
Jan 02, 2017

Alberta's NDP government defends carbon tax on day when prices rise
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP government jumped to defend its new carbon tax from detractors on New Year’s Day as consumers got their first taste of some of the new prices they’ll be payi...
Jan 01, 2017

East Coast takes the plunge in polar bear swims
An octogenarian, with the words “Happy 2017” scrawled across his body in permanent marker, took the inaugural leap into the Atlantic Ocean in one of the first polar bear swims of the year....
Jan 01, 2017
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket purchased in Quebec. The jack...
Dec 31, 2016

Suspect in Istanbul club attack who killed 39 still at large
ISTANBUL - A manhunt stretched on in Turkey Sunday for an assailant who unleashed a salvo of bullets in front of and inside a crowded Istanbul nightclub during New Year’s celebrations, killing a...
Dec 31, 2016
Trudeau issues statement wishing Canadians Happy New Year
OTTAWA - The prime minister says his resolution for 2017 is to “stand against the politics of fear and division.” Trudeau’s New Year’s message released Saturday said he will fo...
Dec 31, 2016

Severe weather in Newfoundland leaves ships stranded ashore, damages houses
LARK HARBOUR, N.L. - A severe wind storm that pounded Newfoundland’s west coast on Friday was a “bad nightmare” for at least one resident who said his community looked like a “...
Dec 31, 2016