Category Archives: Canada

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...

CALGARY - Canada’s immigration minister says it’s best if he doesn’t say much about a Canadian imam who was jailed in Turkey shortly after last month’s failed coup. “It m...

MONTREAL - A new report finds there is no one reason why Canadian youth become radicalized to the point of wanting to join jihadist groups overseas. It lists a number of factors, including personal vu...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau cabinet after minor shifts on Friday: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay. Foreign Affairs Minister Stephan...

FREDERICTON - Men and women may talk about how the other half has it made, but a recent study suggests only 56 per cent would grab a chance in the opposite sex’s body for even one week. A study ...