Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - A Calgary teacher who needs a new kidney hopes the old adage “It Pays to Advertise” will help him find an organ donor for an operation that could save his life. Ryan Mclennan and...

DETROIT - A U.S.-Canadian agency says there’s little doubt that commercial fertilizer and manure are the top sources of phosphorus pollution in western Lake Erie. The International Joint Commiss...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Feb. 13 --- JUSTICE MINISTER DEFENDS BOUSHIE TWEET: Jody Wilson-Raybould doubled down Tuesday on her controversial reaction to the Colten Boushie verdict, sa...

MONTREAL - The Canadian government needs to shave a bit off the corporate tax rate and provide financial incentives for investments in artificial intelligence and robotics following U.S. tax reforms, ...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is moving to ensure the Senate doesn’t hold up its plans to legalize recreational marijuana in July. The government’s representative in the upper house, Sen...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s teachers union has called an unexpected strike vote, setting up a showdown with the province’s Liberal government over education reforms. Any strike would not be le...

MONTREAL - Canadian security agencies are voicing their concern about the proposed takeover of Aecon Group Inc. by a Chinese state-owned business, prompting Ottawa to order a full national security re...

TORONTO - A Toronto firefighter who was the subject of an extensive six-day search at a New York ski centre has been found safe in California, leaving officials puzzled as to how the 49-year-old manag...

OTTAWA - A senior official from Canada’s cyberspy agency says proposed new powers would allow it to stop a terrorist’s mobile phone from detonating a car bomb, block the ability of extremi...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is contributing another $12 million for reconstruction efforts in Iraq. She says the money will support the rebuilding of critical infra...