Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Negotiations on a long-term, health funding agreement with the provinces and territories will be at risk if the federal government doesn’t bring more cash to the table, British Columbia...

JERUSALEM - Israel on Wednesday mourned the death of Shimon Peres, a former president and prime minister whose life story mirrored that of the Jewish state, as the government began preparations for a ...

NANAIMO, B.C. - A jury must decide whether a man who admitted in court to killing two of his former co-workers at a Vancouver Island mill did so in a planned and deliberate way, or if their deaths wer...

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Andrew Scheer is ready to join the race to replace former prime minister Stephen Harper, and is planning a show of force by surrounding himself with caucus colleagues supporti...

TORONTO - A year after a horrific drunk-driving crash killed her children and father, a grieving Toronto-area mother says she hopes the tragedy that decimated her family will make people think twice b...

CALGARY - Air Canada and WestJet are facing a potential class action lawsuit after imposing checked baggage fees only days apart. The proposed class action alleges that the two airlines colluded to im...

ILE-A-LA-CROSSE, Sask. - A school in northern Saskatchewan is showing support for children who attended residential schools. Lt.-Gov. Vaughn Solomon Schofield joined staff and students at the Rossigno...

HALIFAX - An ambitious plan to lower two massive turbines into the Bay of Fundy, where they will be tested against the awesome power of the world’s highest tides, has hit more legal turbulence. ...

OTTAWA - Canada should consider requiring the support of more than just a simple majority of parliamentarians before making any changes to the country’s election laws, the chief electoral office...

MONTREAL - The world’s first climate deal governing the aviation sector is on the cusp of being ratified, as a United Nations agency gathering got underway in Montreal on Tuesday amid criticism ...