Category Archives: Canada

SAN FRANCISCO - The Latest on the death at the Cirque du Soleil show in San Francisco (all times local): 1:26 p.m. Officials say a technician with the Cirque du Soleil “Luzia” show who die...

CALGARY - Federal Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr kicked off his pipeline sales mission on friendly turf Wednesday, addressing Calgary’s Chamber on the importance of the two major projects t...

GANDER, N.L. - Politicians in a small Newfoundland town have declared that Christmas has come too early for many retailers, and they’ve decided to do something about it. Earlier this month, Gand...

CALGARY - A Canadian Judicial Council inquiry committee says a judge who asked a sexual assault complainant why she couldn’t just keep her knees together should lose his Federal Court job. Court...

OTTAWA - The government is offering relief for Alberta ranchers caught in the bovine tuberculosis quarantine affecting parts of western Canada. Up to $16.7 million is being made available to help ranc...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier Christy Clark said Wednesday the federal government is “very close” to meeting her five conditions for pipeline approval. The premier said all but two ...

CALGARY - The president of Kinder Morgan Canada issued a plea to opponents of its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on Wednesday to be “lawful and respectful” as they protest the project w...

VANCOUVER - The president of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is warning against an “us versus them” mentality in Vancouver, where he says foreign buyers are not the major factor driv...

MONTREAL - A Montreal-based women’s rights activist who staged a topless protest during the city’s Grand Prix festivities in 2015 was violently dragged along the pavement by security staff...

TORONTO - At-risk aboriginal children placed in non-aboriginal homes during the so-called ’60s Scoop may well have suffered harm by losing their cultural identities but the federal government ca...