Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - An American woman has launched a proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian-owned maker of a smartphone-enabled vibrator, alleging the company sells products that secretly collect an...

HALIFAX - Immigration numbers are shooting up in Nova Scotia, but there are worries from the NDP that funding to help people settle isn’t keeping pace. Julie Towers, the chief executive officer ...

HALIFAX - An independent review has found the Truro Police Service badly bungled its investigation into the 2005 death of a three-year-old Nova Scotia girl, failing even to get a warrant before seizin...

CALGARY - Shell Canada says the first carbon capture project in the oilsands has successfully stored one million tonnes of carbon dioxide deep underground after a year of operation. The company, which...

HALIFAX - Candidates vying for the leadership of the Conservative Party took aim at the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday, saying its endorsement of the Trudeau government’s “left-w...

NEW YORK - Twenty former United Nations special human rights investigators added their voices on Wednesday to the growing calls for Iran to release a jailed Canadian-Iranian academic. They raised Homa...

TORONTO - A report by Sotheby’s International Realty Canada says sales of luxury homes in Vancouver cooled in July and August, however the high-end market picked up in the Toronto area. The real...

MONTREAL - The NDP managed to avert a caucus revolt in Montreal on Wednesday, as MPs emerged to show continued support for outgoing leader Tom Mulcair. The party is now trying to turn its attention to...

LONDON - The senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada says investors and those in the financial system need to adapt to the reality of slower growth and associated low interest rates. In a speech ...

Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- IMMIGRATION PROCESS WORKING FINE: MULRONEY Former prime minister Brian Mulroney has waded into the debate over screening newcomers for “...