Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq chiefs have accepted an apology from Premier Stephen McNeil for a controversial government legal brief that implied members of a First Nation band are a conquered p...

MONCTON, N.B. - Some of Canada’s most notorious dope-smoking louts will be brand ambassadors for a New Brunswick marijuana producer. OrganiGram Holdings Inc. (TSX:OGI) says TV’s Trailer Pa...

OTTAWA – Two activists, a poet, an engineer and an athlete are on the short list of five women whose image could appear on the next new series of Canadian bank notes due out in 2018. The Bank of...

MONROVIA, Liberia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in the midst of a two-day visit to Liberia. Here are some facts about his visit and the country: - Trudeau says Canada will provide $10 million ove...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has introduced Bill C-33, which will undo some of the measures brought in by the previous government in its controversial Fair Elections Act. Here’s a looked at t...

OTTAWA - Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod says the provinces and territories are pushing to make health-care spending a priority when they sit down next month with Prime Minister Justin Trudea...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada has announced its shortlist of five women contending to be the first Canadian female on the face of a banknote, and online favourite Nellie McClung is not among them. On it...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is throwing open the doors to voting in federal elections, including expanding the franchise to more than a million Canadians living abroad. Maryam Monsef, the minister...

WINNIPEG - Most of the recommendations from a public inquiry three years ago into the death of a five-year-old Manitoba girl in government care have not been implemented, the province’s children...

OTTAWA - A political controversy over a donation to the foundation bearing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s family name deepened Thursday when one of the directors reportedly quit his post becaus...