Category Archives: Canada

EDMONTON - Alberta RCMP are investigating the theft of a fleet of brightly coloured powerboats that were last seen being towed on trailers by pickup trucks down a rural prairie highway. The four boats...

OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr says the federal government has no intention of scaling back its push to study all emissions impacts from new pipeline proposals. Carr is commenting a week...

CALGARY - In the latest setback to B.C.’s liquefied natural gas export industry prospects, the partners developing the Aurora LNG project say they are ending a feasibility study after four years...

TORONTO - The number of home purchases by non-Canadians appears to be dropping in an Ontario region, including Toronto, that is subject to a foreign buyer tax. The 15 per cent tax was imposed in April...

BARRIE, Ont. - An Ontario police force is looking for help finding a man they allege used bear spray and a stun gun in a case of road rage. Barrie police say two men had been driving on Highway 400 on...

OTTAWA - Current U.S. policy directs the American military not to defend Canada if it is targeted in a ballistic missile attack, says the top Canadian officer at the North American Aerospace Defence C...

About half of Canadian consumers surveyed say they trust autonomous vehicles to get them to their destination but only 30 per cent would replace their current vehicle with a self-driving car. Not surp...

VANCOUVER - The association representing realtors in British Columbia says home sales remained healthy across the province in August, but it expects to see a change over the coming months. The B.C. Re...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Police are hunting for a man they say put a stolen chicken down his pants in Newfoundland. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says the man allegedly took the chicken from a S...

TORONTO - At least 2,816 Canadians died from opioid-related causes in 2016 and that number “will almost certainly” surpass 3,000 in 2017, the country’s chief public health officer pr...