Category Archives: Canada

DRAYTON VALLEY, Alta. - A candidate for the leadership of Alberta’s United Conservative Party is apologizing for calling Quebec’s position on Bombardier “retarded.” Former fede...

Toronto has topped the list of major global cities most at risk of a housing bubble with Vancouver ranking fourth, according to a new report by UBS Group AB. It’s the first time Toronto has crac...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is calling for more cooler heads and less overheated rhetoric in the burgeoning aerospace trade war centred around Boeing and Bombardier. It was a plea that...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man has been charged with criminal negligence causing the death of his 10-month-old foster child - the latest tragedy connected to Manitoba’s troubled child welfare system....

OTTAWA - Canada kicked the tires on the idea of buying used fighter jets from Kuwait to address a shortage of CF-18s, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan revealed Thursday, but found they wouldn’t be...

HALIFAX - It started out largely as a cheerleading exercise, a way of touting Halifax’s best-kept secrets to show the world we’re open for business. But Halifax’s bid to woo Amazon&#...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Brandon Phillips smiled as he fed treats to Roscoe, a Portuguese water dog who visits inmates once a month at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary. Phillips, 29, is housed in the ...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s education minister says he will be introduce legislation to make it illegal to out students who join gay-straight alliances. On Twitter, David Eggen says the government beli...

HALIFAX - Police say vandals spray-painted a swastika on a downtown Halifax sidewalk. Halifax police spokeswoman Dianne Penfound says the offensive graffiti at the entrance to the Halifax Public Garde...

Hockey commentator Don Cherry says media coverage of athletes kneeling during the playing of national anthems has been hypocritical. The “Hockey Night in Canada” personality posted a state...