Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Their union says Air Transat flight attendants have voted in favour of a new contract with the Montreal-based company. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says 61 per cent of employees v...

VICTORIA - New legislation introduced by the British Columbia government intends to charge a 15 per cent additional tax on foreign entities buying residential property in Metro Vancouver. Here are som...

Vancouver police say they will take part in the city’s annual Pride parade, despite a call from the activist group Black Lives Matter for the force to stay away. Ahead of Sunday’s march, V...

MONTREAL - Defence witnesses at Richard Henry Bain’s first-degree murder trial portrayed him Monday as someone who never appeared at odds with francophones. Bain is charged in the shooting death...

TORONTO - A tax intended to calm soaring real estate prices in Vancouver may be difficult to enforce because the foreign homebuyers it’s aimed at may be able to get around it, experts say. The B...

OTTAWA - Turkey’s ambassador in Ottawa was summoned to a meeting with Canadian officials on Monday, after the Turkish government arrested a Calgary man in connection with this month’s fail...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, July 25 B.C. TO BRING IN 15 PER CENT FOREIGN BUYER TAX: Foreign nationals who buy real estate in Metro Vancouver would pay an additional property transfer tax...

An Ottawa man taken to hospital in critical condition after a confrontation with police died of his injuries, a spokeswoman for the family said Monday. Nimao Ali said the man involved in the incident ...

TORONTO - The late Ursula Franklin is being remembered as a “global pioneer,” a trailblazer in science and academics, a staunch feminist and outspoken peace activist. The acclaimed Canadia...

FIELD, B.C. - Parks Canada says it has scaled back the recovery operation for an 11-year-old Calgary boy who fell into the Yoho River in southeastern B.C. Two boys ended up in the river near the Takka...