Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Carissa, a single mom on welfare six years ago, has a full-time job today and more money to show for it - along with a number of other Canadians, suggest fresh census numbers released Wednesd...

OTTAWA - Youth health experts are warning the federal government that its push to legalize recreational cannabis should be accompanied by extensive public-education and prevention campaigns that spell...

Allan J. MacEachen, a driving force behind social policy changes under two prime ministers, has died at the age of the 96 after a lifetime saturated with politics and parliamentary manoeuvres. MacEach...

HALIFAX - A fresh generation of children’s books is finding the grace notes in Halifax’s worst moment - a massive explosion that levelled much of the city 100 years ago but inspired acts o...

Eight stories in the news for Wednesday, Sept. 13 --- MORE CENSUS DATA OUT TODAY Statistics Canada will offer a detailed look today at the size of the gap between the country’s top income earner...

CALGARY - Man’s best friend is moving on up - to the 16th floor of a downtown Calgary office building. As the city continues to suffer from a severe economic downturn caused by low oil prices, r...

SEATTLE - The head of one of Canada’s few tech “unicorns” and other industry players are joining the chorus of opposition to Ottawa’s proposed small business tax changes, sayin...

SUDBURY, Ont. - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne denied in court Wednesday that she promised a New Democrat MP a cabinet position to get him to leave his party and run for the provincial Liberals. The p...

TORONTO - One of Canada’s most high-profile forecasters is projecting comparatively mild temperatures and dry conditions for much of Canada this coming fall. The Weather Network says temperature...

OTTAWA - Allan MacEachen, a long-serving Liberal MP and senator from Nova Scotia who was a driving force behind many Canadian social programs, has died at the age of the 96. The news was announced on ...