Category Archives: Canada

WASHINGTON - The Canadian government has begun a wide-ranging exercise to plan for the potential effects of the American election, including the possibility of a President Donald Trump threatening to ...

QUEBEC - One of the Parti Quebecois leadership candidates says she will ask Quebecers a point-blank question in an independence referendum in her first mandate as premier. The would-be question from M...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has lifted some restrictions on travel and activities in wooded areas after weekend rain that reduced the risk of wildfires. The province has announced the travel ban has been li...

OTTAWA - Ontario’s auto sector absorbed a far greater economic wallop during the financial crisis than the damage low oil prices have inflicted on Alberta, says an internal federal analysis. The...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is condemning what he calls “racist and hate-filled” comments on social media and other online forums that stem from last week’s fatal shootin...

TORONTO - A ticket purchased in British Columbia claimed Saturday night’s $21 million Lotto 649 jackpot. The guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a ticket sold in the Prairies. The jackpot for...

WINNIPEG - The wife of a man who died after suffering an epileptic seizure while in custody at the Winnipeg Remand Centre says facility staff denied her husband his epilepsy medication in the days lea...

OTTAWA - The governing Liberals are moving further to reassure Canadians that they have a grip on combating the threat of terrorism in the wake of last week’s death of a man suspected of plottin...

OTTAWA - Some facts about the three federal immigration holding centres: Toronto: Built in 2004. Capacity of 195. On-site access to Immigration and Refugee Board hearings, chaplaincy and multi-faith s...

CALGARY - A former Calgary woman whose 22-year-old radicalized son was killed while fighting alongside Islamic extremists in Syria two years ago says the federal government failed both Aaron Driver an...