Category Archives: Canada

JUNEAU, Alaska - State tribal groups have met with U.S. officials to discuss concerns that Canadian mining projects could divert potentially toxic water to southeast Alaska watersheds. The Central Cou...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg couple is bringing joy to the lives of refugee children with bicycles. Gilles and Huguette Remillard have donated more than 100 bikes through the Immigration and Refugee Communit...

RICHMOND, B.C. - Here are the highlights of B.C.’s Climate Leadership Plan released Friday. Under the plan, the provincial government will: - Develop a strategy to reduce methane emissions. - In...

Quebec Transport Minister Jacques Daoust quit politics on Friday just hours after Premier Philippe Couillard indicated he no longer had full confidence in the minister. Daoust, 68, had faced mounting ...

Ottawa is recommending that pregnant women and women who plan to get pregnant avoid travelling to South Florida after more cases of Zika virus linked to mosquitoes were reported in the area. The Publi...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Aug. 19 ___ ROOKIE LIBERAL MP GETS WHOPPING PROMOTION: Prime Minister Trudeau has given Small Business Minister Bardish Chagger a new job, that of Government ...

OTTAWA - Bardish Chagger’s first foray into federal politics came at age 13, as she hammered in lawn signs in her Ontario hometown of Waterloo for Liberal nominee Andrew Telegdi. Twenty-three ye...

MONTREAL - A Quebec comedian is seeking permission to appeal a ruling he must pay $35,000 to a young artist for mocking his appearance and singing. The Quebec Human Rights Tribunal ruled last month th...

RICHMOND, B.C. - The British Columbia government is maintaining a freeze on its carbon tax and refusing to budge on a timeline to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a new climate plan that environment...

CALGARY - Federal Immigration Minister John McCallum expects a report next month on a revamp to the temporary foreign worker program. McCallum says the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Res...