Category Archives: Canada

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Sept. 6 --- BANK OF CANADA HIKES INTEREST RATE: The Bank of Canada has raised its interest rate for the second time in less than two months in an effort to...

OTTAWA - The federal government and the governments of Ontario and Quebec are readying relief supplies, including baby formula and cribs, for victims of hurricane Harvey. Public Safety Minister Ralph ...

EDMONTON - Two teenagers charged in an arson that left a five-month-old baby dead have had their cases set over until later this month. Bronson Woycenko, 19, made his appearance in court Friday mornin...

OTTAWA - Canada is moving to strip citizenship from a man accused of committing crimes against humanity in the former Yugoslavia. The federal government alleges Cedo Kljajic fraudulently obtained Cana...

MEXICO CITY - Everyone talks about a new NAFTA that will help the working class: Donald Trump was elected on it, the Canadian government calls it a priority and the Mexican government says it’s ...

HALIFAX - Less than two years after he arrived as a refugee, a Syrian chocolatier has been named to the board of Nova Scotia’s economic development agency. Tareq Hadhad is among the most high-pr...

WINNIPEG - The weather provided some help Friday to crews battling a large forest fire that has forced 3,700 people from their homes in northern Manitoba. The Manitoba government said strong south win...

TORONTO - Ontario residents with disabilities are seeing major changes to provincial programs offering financial support and medical coverage. Effective Friday, the government is loosening some of the...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A municipal leader in British Columbia’s central Interior says he wouldn’t be surprised if wildfires that have chewed through more than 10,600 square kilometres of wo...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has bought a further one-year reprieve for a money-losing section of railway in Cape Breton, paying $720,000 in a deal that will help keep the tracks from being ri...