Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The federal government can keep a lid of secrecy on information a Chinese refugee claimant says could be vital to his case. In a ruling made public Thursday, Federal Court Justice Simon Fothe...

Toronto’s wandering capybaras are now parents. The High Park Zoo said Thursday in a birth announcement that the rodent couple - who escaped last year and were on the lam for several weeks - have...

Victoria’s suspended police chief is to face disciplinary hearings on allegations of inappropriate behaviour toward female staff and breach of trust involving his conduct with an officer’s...

OTTAWA - Canada has been approved to join a controversial new international infrastructure bank led by China. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank says Canada is among 13 applicants approved for m...

OTTAWA - The federal finance minister is standing by the amount of money the Liberal government currently spends on defence, saying the military is “appropriately provisioned” to address C...

CALGARY - TransCanada says it has received a presidential permit from the U.S. State Department that allows it to build the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline. More coming The Canadian Press

TORONTO - Canada’s largest school board says it will stop booking trips to the United States indefinitely in light of the uncertainty surrounding restrictions at the border. The Toronto District...

QUEBEC - The Quebec national assembly adopted a motion Thursday expressing the province’s “great disappointment” with the federal budget. It passed by a 95-0 margin, with two abstent...

REGINA - Saskatchewan’s Justice Ministry is reviewing Husky Energy’s response to alarms before a major oil spill last summer to determine whether charges are warranted. The department is a...

HALIFAX - A New Brunswick man has been charged with second-degree murder almost 12 years after the body of a 26-year-old woman was found in a Halifax apartment. Investigators in the cold case unit of ...