Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - Officials running the Atlantic Lottery Corp. spent thousands of dollars on lavish dinners and Christmas parties, boosted executive salaries and handed out generous perks to politicians, acco...

BRUSSELS - The president of the European Union still hopes that a free trade between the bloc and Canada can be signed at a summit this week despite Belgium’s refusal so far to sign on. Donald T...

Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Oct. 26 --- N.L., ABORIGINAL LEADERS MAKE PROGRESS IN MARATHON MEETING Indigenous leaders and the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial government came out of a m...

CALGARY - The National Energy Board has downgraded its long-term outlook for oil prices and Canadian production in the face of lower global industry costs and stricter environmental regulations. In an...

OTTAWA - An internal federal analysis shows the government has studied the pros and cons of the nickel - but Ottawa insists it has no plans to force the five-cent coin into retirement, as it did the p...

FIELD, B.C. - Two workers have been injured in a rock slide in Yoho National Park that has closed the Trans-Canada Highway for an extended period. RCMP say the slide happened Monday west of Field, B.C...

MONTREAL - Three Canadian cruise ship passengers who were charged in Australia with drug smuggling were refused bail Wednesday after making a court appearance in Sydney. Andre Tamine, 64, Isabelle Lag...

OTTAWA - Malcolm Rowe, who has been tapped by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to join the Supreme Court of Canada, sat down for a wide-ranging, question-and-answer session with MPs and senators at the U...

OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to launch a multibillion-dollar competition to design the navy’s newest warships this week. Here are five things to know about the project: 1. The fut...

LAVAL, Que. - A Montreal-area school board has been ordered to pay $15,000 to a student who had a corrosive substance poured over his head in a chemistry class. The boy was 15 years old in February 20...