Category Archives: Canada

STEWIACKE, N.S. - A man who says he pulled a dead mouse from a cup of Tim Hortons coffee is asking for an apology from the restaurant chain. Jim Elliott says he bought two take-out coffees two weeks a...

MONTREAL - The Crown rested its case Friday at the trial of a Quebecer charged with attempting to leave the country to participate in the activities of a terrorist group. Ismael Habib, 29, is also cha...

MONTREAL - The maker of Ski-Doos, personal watercraft and off-road vehicles says it will maintain low-cost production in Mexico even if Donald Trump withdraws from NAFTA. BRP Inc. (TSX:DOO) says it ex...

OTTAWA - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister staged a one-man protest of sorts Friday, refusing to sign on to Justin Trudeau’s pan-Canadian climate change framework without first getting an agreeme...

WINNIPEG - Canada’s annual gathering of top Arctic scientists has been roiled by an open letter from researchers protesting what they call a sexist joke at the conference’s gala banquet. T...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has made it clear he wants Buy American rules in the massive infrastructure program he’s planning, launching an ardent defence of domestic-purchase requirements that ca...

OTTAWA - The world - including the United States - is heading inexorably in the direction of reducing greenhouse gases, even if it isn’t a priority for president-elect Donald Trump, says Vice-Pr...

TORONTO - The family of a doctor found strangled and beaten to death in a suitcase on the side of the road expressed gratitude Friday for the outpouring of support that followed her tragic killing as ...

Five stories in the news for Friday, Dec. 9 --- FIRST MINISTERS GATHER IN OTTAWA TODAY Canada’s first ministers meet in Ottawa today, officially to talk about climate change, but a number of iss...

DEER LODGE, Mont. - A petition asking the governor of Montana to spare the life of a Canadian on death row is being dusted off and given a fresh look this week. Ronald Smith, who is originally from Re...