Category Archives: Canada

WINNIPEG - From cucumbers to onions to leeks, produce is being stolen in some parts of Manitoba this summer, and there are concerns the thieves may be getting more organized. While rural farmers and c...

ENFIELD, N.S. - Darryl Pottie planted a plywood sign outside his Enfield, N.S., home early last month with a plea: “Sid please sign my jersey.” Two-time Stanley Cup winner Sidney Crosby wa...

MONTREAL - Pork and poultry companies Olymel and Groupe Robitaille announced Tuesday a joint investment of $80 million in a production and processing facility that is expected to create 350 new jobs i...

AMHERST, N.S. - A town councillor is under scrutiny after admitting to uttering a racist slur to staff at a pizza shop in this small Nova Scotia community. Amherst Mayor Robert Small said Coun. George...

HALIFAX - A restaurateur has high praise for the Halifax police’s subtle and low-key arrest of a Newfoundland man on the run from murder and arson charges. “They walked in, no one even not...

TORONTO - A Toronto man found guilty of making and distributing child pornography around the world was sentenced to ten years in prison this week, but the time he has to spend behind bars was cut down...

OTTAWA - The pace of new Canadian residential construction eased last month following an unusually robust June, but still held up stronger than expected. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the sea...

TORONTO - A startup based in Waterloo, Ont., is looking to take cannabis cultivation high-tech, but the success of the mobile app-controlled system may hinge on whether new regulations will allow Cana...

WASHINGTON - Bleeding support from his own party, Donald Trump attempted to salve the gusher Monday with the balm of traditional Republican economic medicine: wide-ranging deregulation and tax cuts. T...

CANADA – The Canadian labour market lost 31,200 net jobs last month as the country experienced the biggest monthly drop in full-time work in nearly five years. The jobless rate inched up to 6.9 ...