Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Canada is contributing another $2 million to relief efforts in Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. This brings Canada’s contributions to more than $6 million. The government says th...

HALIFAX - Canada’s public safety minister promised to provide financial help to flood-ravaged parts of Cape Breton as quickly as possible Friday, following a tour of communities hit by a storm f...

KELOWNA, B.C. - The family of Jim Prentice expressed its “profound shock and heartbreak” Friday after a plane carrying the former Alberta premier and three other people crashed into a heav...

LAC LA RONGE, Sask. - Aboriginal leaders and the prime minister say a crisis is unfolding in northern Saskatchewan after three young girls took their own lives and there are fears more young people ar...

OTTAWA - The agency that screens air travellers and their luggage is now providing advice on its website about flying with medical marijuana. The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority says while n...

HALIFAX - A U.S.-based group is exploring the coasts of Nova Scotia in hopes of finding a sanctuary where previously captive whales and dolphins could dive deeply in cold, North Atlantic waters. Lori ...

The federal government’s recent changes to mortgage lending rules have injected uncertainty into the real estate market, the president of the Canadian Real Estate Association said Friday. The me...

OTTAWA - Canadian and European politicians are scrambling to save their coveted free trade agreement after a Belgian region voted Friday to reject the deal. They are working into the weekend to persua...

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Erin O’Toole has joined the growing number of candidates to replace former prime minister Stephen Harper as party leader, a list that is becoming increasingly heavy with...

Seven stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 14 --- PM TRUDEAU STUMPS IN ALBERTA BYELECTION Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was greeted by a couple of thousand enthusiastic supporters last evening at a by...