Category Archives: Canada

Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Nov. 22 --- TRIAL INVOLVING POLYGAMOUS SECT IN B.C. TO BEGIN The trial for three people with ties to a fundamentalist polygamous sect in southeastern British Colu...

OTTAWA - The National Aboriginal Economic Development Board says Canada’s GDP would get an annual boost of $27.7 billion if barriers were removed to ensure indigenous people can participate in t...

TORONTO - A third man arrested in the death of an American who was killed while attending a bachelor party in Toronto appeared in court briefly on Tuesday . Andrew Christopher O’Brien faces a ch...

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Efforts to remove a sunken tug from the waters off British Columbia’s central coast have wrapped up, but crews continue to clean-up and survey the damage left behind. The lat...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The mayor of a city affected by an oil spill in the North Saskatchewan River says a report by the company responsible hasn’t answered all his questions. Prince Albert had ...

WINNIPEG - Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott had an emotional meeting Monday with some indigenous men from northern Manitoba who were switched at birth more than 40 years ago and only recently fou...

OTTAWA - Industry sources expect the Liberal government to decide as early as Tuesday whether to purchase a new fighter jet without a competition. Federal cabinet ministers are reportedly considering ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Democrats are signalling a willingness to help Donald Trump implement parts of his agenda, while avoiding the obstruction-at-all-costs stance their opponents used against Barack Obam...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Nov. 21 --- OTTAWA AIMS TO PHASE OUT COAL BY 2030: The Liberal government is moving to phase out the use of coal-fired electricity in Canada by 2030 as part o...

POINT EDWARD, Ont. - Federal officials said traffic was flowing smoothly across Canada’s second-busiest commercial border crossing to the United States on Monday, despite a strike that began ear...