Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada officials were warned late last year that one of the country’s most important economic indicators was at risk of losing its relevance and accuracy. The red flag raised...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut RCMP say a bomb threat that caused evacuations at schools in three regions of the territory was a hoax. Mounties say all elementary schools, high schools and colleges have b...

HALIFAX - Shell Canada may have abandoned the first of its deepwater wells off Nova Scotia, but questions remain on what to do about an undersea coil of steel pipes - each weighing at least 20 tonnes ...

OTTAWA - A longtime refugee advocate says stories such as that of Liberal MP Maryam Monsef are not uncommon as families fleeing war and violence reconstruct their past in a new land. Monsef, widely to...

OTTAWA - A new report by human rights researchers urges Canada to urgently find alternatives to locking up child migrants, saying the practice has a harmful and lasting effect on already vulnerable ne...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Schools across P.E.I. reopened Thursday after all were evacuated over a bomb threat that police determined was not credible. P.E.I. Premier Wade MacLauchlan says his government will ta...

OTTAWA - Canada and China are launching exploratory talks towards a free trade agreement, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday during a visit that saw the Chinese premier publicly defend his co...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the number of people receiving employment insurance payments climbed 4.4 per cent from June to July as changes to extend benefits for those in hard-hit areas kicked in....

OTTAWA - “We’ve invested more in infrastructure in 10 months than the Conservatives did in five years.” - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. — The Liberals returned to federal offi...

Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- MOVING KEY TRUDEAU AIDES COST MORE THAN $200K: REPORT A report in the Globe and Mail says taxpayers were billed more than $200,000 in moving ...