Category Archives: Canada

The rich social interaction and highly evolved brains of some whales are linked in a kind of evolutionary feedback loop, a newly published paper suggests. The research, largely done at the University ...

OTTAWA - Canadian companies remain positive about the future but there are signs business sentiment has begun to cool down from its mid-summer high, said new poll results released Monday by the Bank o...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government took the first of several steps Monday to stanch the bleeding from a self-inflicted political wound, resurrecting a campaign promise to cut taxes for small businesses o...

HALIFAX - A Halifax man is in custody after a vehicle was driven onto the city’s picturesque waterfront boardwalk Sunday night, striking a pedestrian before fleeing the scene. Police say the 22-...

MONTREAL - After more than 20 years of clacking cutlery in front of Ogilvy’s department store, one of Montreal’s best-known buskers says he’s getting ready to hang up his spoons, at ...

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi has handily won a third term after a bitter and divisive campaign during which his at-times prickly personality was a focus. His main challenger, former Progressive Conserv...

Four stories in the news for Monday, Oct. 16 --- FEDS TO CUT SMALL BIZ TAX RATE TO NINE PER CENT Justin Trudeau will belatedly honour his campaign promise to cut the small business tax rate to nine pe...

Workers at General Motors’ CAMI plant are ending their four-week strike after accepting a new contract Monday that includes higher compensation, financial penalties against GM for future layoffs...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau will belatedly honour his campaign promise to cut the small business tax rate to nine per cent as his government scrambles to undo the damage from weeks of controversy over pro...

TORONTO - Striking ground crews at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport have accepted a tentative contract. Employees at Swissport voted 63 per cent in favour of the new agreement reached ear...