Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The federal government has ordered the military to stay in Iraq for at least two more years as the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant prepares to enter a new phase. But de...

OTTAWA - “The issue around budgets, of course, is it’s the House of Commons that votes on budgetary measures, and the Senate is, of course, welcome to look at it and make recommendations. ...

The golf-mad old man would descend the stairs as early as 4:30 a.m., anxious to seize every available moment of Alberta’s endless summer daylight. “Boys,” he would say, like a death ...

NORWAY, P.E.I. - Marine mammal experts carved up a 14-metre right whale Thursday on the red sandy shores of P.E.I. in the hopes of finding out what killed the endangered whale and at least five others...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Justin Trudeau pointed Thursday to an icebreaker’s voyage as a fine example of Canada 150 celebrations, but critics say he’s missed the boat in terms of a lasting, bricks-a...

TORONTO - With Peter Mansbridge set to sign off as CBC News chief correspondent and anchor of “The National,” speculation abounds as to what will happen with the public broadcaster’s...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with Queen Elizabeth and his Irish counterpart next week before attending the G20 summit in Germany. Trudeau will hold a private meeting with the Queen...

Six stories in the news for Thursday, June 29 --- PROTEST TEEPEE ERECTED OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT A large teepee erected by indigenous demonstrators to kick off a four-day Canada Day protest was standing in...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The grandmother of a two-year-old girl killed by triple murderer Derek Saretzky says she can hear screams when she imagines what the child’s final moments must have been like...

VICTORIA - The NDP will form a minority government in British Columbia after the Liberals were defeated Thursday in a non-confidence vote in the legislature, sending them to the Opposition benches for...