Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - An Ontario government grant of about $120,000 that is going toward a giant rubber duck for Canada 150 celebrations is ruffling some feathers. The six-storey-tall, 13,600-kilogram yellow duck...

HALIFAX - Ten things to know about the Nova Scotia election campaign, which ends Tuesday: 1. Polls forecast a Liberal advantage, but no sure thing. Most polls have showed the incumbent Liberals in the...

Journeyman boxer David Whittom was in an induced coma at Saint John Regional Hospital on Monday following surgery to treat bleeding on the brain after a knockout loss. The 38-year-old was listed in st...

HALIFAX - A sketch of Nova Scotia NDP Leader Gary Burrill: Age: 61 Hometown: Woodstock, N.B. (with family roots in Yarmouth, N.S.) Job before politics: The social justice advocate and graduate of Quee...

HALIFAX - A sketch of Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Leader Jamie Baillie: Age: 51 Hometown: Truro, N.S. Job before politics: A chartered accountant, he worked as a senior partner at human resou...

HALIFAX - A sketch of Nova Scotia Liberal Premier Stephen McNeil: Age: 52 Hometown: Upper Granville, N.S. Job before politics: Operated appliance repair business in Bridgetown, N.S., for 15 years. Lea...

HALIFAX - Political differences aside, Nova Scotia’s major party leaders can find common ground on a few fronts: They all enjoy political non-fiction, locally tailored suits and the provinceR...

MONTREAL - Boeing says its trade complaint against Bombardier is designed to prevent the Montreal-based rival from using subsidies to build a larger version of the CSeries plane that would directly co...

BATHURST, N.B. - As provinces across Canada move to establish protest-free “buffer zones” around abortion providers, a judge has banned anti-abortion activists from demonstrating outside a...

OTTAWA - Aid agencies are urging Canadians to respond generously to the federal government’s matching fund for famine relief in Africa and the Middle East, calling it a response to the worst hum...