Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Federal Conservative leadership hopeful Brad Trost wants a key aide to former prime minister Stephen Harper to repay some of the moving expenses he was reimbursed for eight years ago. “...

TORONTO – Video streaming service, Shomi, announced Monday it will shut down at the end of November, two years after it launched. “The business climate and online video marketplace have ch...

TORONTO - Shomi announced Monday it was shutting down at the end of November, two years after the video-on-demand service launched amid hopes of thriving in a hyper-competitive market. “The busi...

OTTAWA - Canada’s finance minister is hinting the federal government could take steps as early as this autumn’s economic update to help the economy at a time of slower-than-expected growth...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland radio station says it has parted ways with an announcer who told a young woman on Twitter that she should strip. The woman had invited her followers to watch a ...

OTTAWA - A New Democrat MP has followed through on a promise to table a private member’s bill to repeal controversial anti-terrorism measures. NDP public safety critic Randall Garrison says the ...

QUEBEC - Investigators gathered evidence Monday at the site of a weekend plane crash along the Mouchalagane River in northern Quebec. The crash occurred on Sunday afternoon between Fermont and the Man...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia will expand the role of its Metis representative in the child welfare system, amid criticism of the province’s plan to adopt a Metis toddler to non-aboriginal parent...

MONTREAL - A judge will rule Tuesday on the taxi industry’s latest attempt to stop Uber’s operations in Quebec. Taxi drivers have been trying to get a court injunction against a recent agr...

OTTAWA - The Liberals are giving a makeover to a small program designed to more actively prod the creation of innovative projects designed to help fight poverty and homelessness. The federal governmen...