Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The International Monetary Fund expects Canada to lead the G7 for economic growth this year. The IMF raised its outlook for Canada as part of its latest world economic outlook update. It now ...

WINNIPEG - Flights and other operations were unaffected Monday as about 150 unionized support staff, maintenance workers and others at Winnipeg’s Richardson International Airport went on strike....

MONTREAL - A newborn who was delivered by emergency C-section after its mother was stabbed multiple times died in hospital Monday, police said. A 37-year-old man who is the woman’s partner was t...

OTTAWA - The number of police-reported cannabis-offences declined for the fifth straight year, Statistics Canada said Monday, a downward trend that began long before the Liberals brought forward their...

KELOWNA, B.C. - While many teens spend summers relaxing, a 17-year-old from Kelowna, B.C., has been pushing her body and mind to the limits and raising thousands of dollars for charity in the process....

Before the internet, before TV or radio, even before newspapers, there was an earlier source for news: the town crier. This past weekend, dedicated Ontario criers gathered for some competition paying ...

CRANBROOK, B.C. - Winston Blackmore was making no apologies Monday after he and another former bishop of an isolated religious community in British Columbia were found guilty of practising polygamy. &...

OTTAWA - Washington state is exploring whether Canada’s new infrastructure bank could help finance a multibillion-dollar proposal for high-speed rail between Vancouver and the U.S. northwest. Th...

CANMORE, Alta. - A climber who was injured in a tumble down an Alberta mountain has been rescued after spending the night on a rocky ledge. Kananaskis Country Public Safety Section says in a post on F...

EDMONTON - It’s been a tough time for some Alberta Progressive Conservatives as this weekend’s historic merger vote means the effective end of their storied party. Former PC president Kath...