Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - When Finance Minister Bill Morneau meets a group of private-sector economists Thursday to ask about their economic forecasts, he may be encouraged to shed a little light on the future himself...

OTTAWA - Canada’s economic development minister says the federal Liberal government is encountering public “pushback” on its immigration plans from Canadians who fear for their jobs....

VANCOUVER - Comedian, musician and pot activist Tommy Chong says he intends to keep “priming the pump” until marijuana is legalized across the United States and in Canada. Chong, 78, said ...

VICTORIA - A three-year-old boy who had been picking wild mushrooms with his family in Victoria has died after eating a poisonous mushroom, the local health authority said Wednesday. Dr. Richard Stanw...

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Oct. 12 CLEMENT DROPS OUT OF TORY LEADERSHIP RACE: Conservative MP Tony Clement is ending his bid for the leadership of his party, saying he has fallen sho...

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan man has been sentenced to three months in jail for trying to fake his death. John Malcolm Ross, who is 44, pleaded guilty in Swift Current court Tuesday to public...

WINNIPEG - Discussions are ongoing about how to best accommodate and support a rising number of immigrants that is driven in large part by Syrian refugees, say federal, provincial and territorial immi...

CALGARY - Calls are mounting for Ottawa to swiftly appoint more judges after a first-degree murder charge was stayed in Edmonton because of unreasonable delay in getting an accused to trial. Alberta M...

OTTAWA - When France’s leaders look at Canada, they see an oasis in a desert of angry populism that has darkened discussion on the merits of trade and immigration. In their own country and acros...

MONTREAL - The federal government is making about $55 million available over three years to improve rail safety across country, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said Wednesday. Projects eligible for fu...