Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - While many countries have asked Canada for help with peacekeeping, International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said Thursday that Mali’s needs are some of the most obvious. M...

SUSSEX, N.B. - A New Brunswick man unhappy with a noisy outdoor piano in his local town square took matters into his own hands this week: He screwed the key cover shut. The weatherized, brightly colou...

OTTAWA - The cabinet minister responsible for consumer protection in Alberta says neither she nor her cabinet colleagues would ever consider using an executive car service. Service Alberta Minister St...

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer has taken a look at the long-term costs to the government and families of the Liberals’ new child benefit. Here are some figures about the benefit progr...

HALIFAX - A palatial cruise ship described by passengers as a mini, moving city cast an impressive figure on the Halifax waterfront Thursday, breaking port records as thousands of tourists flooded int...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she was celebrating her 19th wedding anniversary when she heard the Opposition leader was joking about physically assaulting her. “I was bemused,...

VANCOUVER - It’s been one year since the image of a drowned toddler lying face down on a Turkish beach turned the eyes of the world to the Syrian refugee crisis, but observers say the powerful p...

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch wants to know what her supporters think about vetting would-be immigrants and refugees for “anti-Canadian values.” The question com...

TORONTO - An unusual challenge to the detention of a man held without charge in immigration custody for five years has been put on hold to see if his deportation to Jamaica goes through next week. If ...

EDMONTON - The driver of a Jeep that hit and killed an Edmonton woman during an off-road demonstration at a charity event says the vehicle “launched” when he turned the key in the ignition...