Category Archives: Canada

Quebec will begin handing out welfare cheques to as many as 4,000 asylum seekers next week, the province’s employment minister said Thursday. “Quebec has responsibilities in immigration,&#...

OTTAWA - “We have a proven track record of exceeding our spending requirements on Canadian programming and, specifically, drama and documentary programming not because we have to, but because it...

OTTAWA - We know, we know - those guys are good, as the PGA Tour’s slogan goes. But make no mistake: so are the women. Ask anyone who saw last weekend’s superlative Solheim Cup showdown, c...

Six stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 24 --- JUDY FOOTE EXPECTED TO RESIGN TODAY FROM FEDERAL CABINET Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal MP Judy Foote is expected to announce her resignation from ...

OTTAWA - Judy Foote is expected to announce her resignation from the federal cabinet on Thursday. The Newfoundland and Labrador MP has been on an indefinite leave of absence from the massive Public Wo...

OTTAWA - Canada’s Fisheries Minister says officials are closely monitoring a spill of Atlantic salmon from an aquaculture facility off the coast of Washington state. Dominic LeBlanc says in a st...

SAN FRANCISCO - A lawyer of a Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails says his client has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him in a San Francisco courtroom on Wednesday. Karim ...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service says a $1,150 ticket for violating a campfire ban was issued after an investigation involving workers from the department. Media reports say a photo circu...

The Globe and Mail says one of its journalists was detained while reporting in the Xinjiang region in western China. Nathan VanderKlippe, the Globe’s correspondent in Asia, says in several Twitt...

EDMONTON - The father of a baby who died in a house fire says he tried to go back into his burning house three times, but couldn’t get past the flames. Cordell Brown said he was sleeping on the ...