Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - The editor of a Halifax gossip and satire magazine brandished his publication Tuesday after a trial date was set for allegations he violated a publication ban in the case of a man charged wi...

CALGARY - Transit officials say a Calgary commuter train crash which occurred during the peak of the morning rush hour Tuesday could have been much worse. The light-rail train was approaching the end ...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Irving Oil says Canada’s largest oil refinery will begin a $135 million tune-up next week that will utilize 2,400 workers over six weeks. Mark Sherman, chief operating officer...

BENGHAZI, Libya - Libyan authorities said Tuesday they were searching for two Italians and a Canadian abducted at gunpoint near the Algerian border, while another official said three North Koreans kid...

Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie has announced two solo shows for October, set to take place roughly two months after the iconic band wrapped its “Man Machine Poem” tour with a live bro...

FOURCHU, N.S. - A small Cape Breton fishing town is mourning the Manhattan-born founder of a world-renowned culinary school who considered the community “her family’s home village” a...

OTTAWA - Opposition parties have accused the Liberals of hijacking a committee report that recommended buying new fighter jets within a year and re-opening the debate over ballistic missile defence. T...

Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press ---- AUTO TALKS Unifor and GM Canada reached a tentative settlement late last night that averted a possible strike. The four-year contract covers...

VANCOUVER - Canada’s fashion industry and those who watch it are abuzz ahead of a visit from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, speculating whether any Canadian brands stand to benefit from the ...

TORONTO - Securing hundreds of millions of dollars of investment from General Motors in its Canadian operations was worth the trade-off that Unifor made on pensions for new hires, union president Jerr...