Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - Another Canadian grocery store and pharmacy chain conglomerate could be on the horizon as Metro Inc. and Jean Coutu Group are “engaged in exclusive discussions” about a roughly...

TORONTO - Gord Downie is releasing a new solo album of 23 original songs produced with long-time collaborator Kevin Drew. “Introduce Yerself” is slated for release Oct. 27 with each song w...

HALIFAX - Several thousand people lined up early Wednesday to enter Ikea Halifax, as the firm launched the first of its 12 openings across Canada amidst circus performers, political speeches and a Swe...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government faced pressure Wednesday to fire back at Boeing and the Trump administration after the U.S. Commerce Department dealt a huge blow to Montreal aerospace firm Bombardier....

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Liberal government is committed to doing the right thing to help African Nova Scotians gain clear title to land that has been in their families for many generations, a ca...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador has elected a new mayor and a record number of women to its city council. City councillor Danny Breen won a landslide victory in ...

OTTAWA - The Liberals are blaming the previous Harper government for the failing grade they received in an independent audit of compliance with the Access to Information Act, saying the Conservatives ...

WASHINGTON - There’s no question: The shock-and-awe approach to trade disputes is having an impact in the early days of the Trump administration, with the stunner of a 219-per-cent duty on Bomba...

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Sept. 27 --- BOMBARDIER HIT HARD IN BOEING DISPUTE Bombardier’s hopes for breaking into the U.S. market has taken a massive blow, with the U.S. Department...

VANCOUVER - A man who lived on the streets of Vancouver as a teenager will push a shopping cart through the city’s rough-and-tumble Downtown Eastside once again on Friday, but this time will mar...