Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.1 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuat...

OTTAWA - The Canadian economy produced two batches of disappointing numbers Friday that experts said were certain to catch the Bank of Canada’s attention. But despite unexpectedly weak inflation...

HALIFAX - Gravely ill and shackled to a hospital bed, a woman facing deportation to England won a brief reprieve Friday after her lawyer and doctor argued she was too sick to travel and should be allo...

TORONTO - In the ever-changing landscape of advertising, anything goes - even a seemingly never-ending video of a breakfast sandwich being prepared. Earlier this week McDonald’s posted a four-ho...

Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- FEDS WARN OF CRIPPLING ‘INSIDER’ CYBERTHREAT Federal officials have quietly warned operators of electrical grids, transportation h...

TORONTO - In the ever-changing landscape of advertising, anything goes - even a seemingly never-ending video of a breakfast sandwich being prepared. Earlier this week MacDonald’s posted a four-h...

OTTAWA - The day is coming when hackers will be able to crack the encryption people rely on for secure online banking and shopping, the head of Canada’s cyberspy agency says. Experts estimate th...

CALGARY - Energy bills arriving in Fort McMurray, Alta., months after a wildfire forced the entire city to evacuate have come as a shock to some residents still trying to restore some normalcy to thei...

CALGARY - The National Energy Board says its review of the Energy East Pipeline cost at least $685,000 before members of the panel presiding over hearings into the development resigned, putting the ex...

VICTORIA - The indigenous guardians of British Columbia’s remote and largely untouched Great Bear Rainforest are preparing a royal welcome for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as part of a Cana...