Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Ottawa has an obligation to uphold treaty rights in relation to the $9-billion Site C dam project in British Columbia, two First Nations groups from the province argued Monday. The communit...

OTTAWA - Contract negotiations between the country’s biggest civil service union and the federal government are at a “make-it-or-break-it” stage, the Public Service Alliance of Canad...

CALGARY - Doubts are growing over the fate of the Energy East Pipeline after members of the National Energy Board panel examining the project resigned, leaving questions over how the review will proce...

OTTAWA - Peter MacKay has decided against joining the Conservative leadership race. “After much soul-searching, advice from trusted friends and weighing of the impact on my young family, I have ...

Halifax is asking residents to trade in guns for bus tickets. The municipality launched a promotion Monday that encourages people to turn in unwanted and unregistered firearms in exchange for Halifax ...

VANCOUVER - The youngest royal will arrive in British Columbia later this month for her first international appearance alongside her brother and parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Princess Ch...

TORONTO - A new report suggests people living in remote northern Ontario communities spend more than half their income on food to meet basic nutritional needs. The report from Food Secure Canada looke...

OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper has landed himself a job with an international law firm. Dentons announced Monday that Harper has teamed up with the firm to provide clients with advice o...

CALGARY - Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan and Agrium have agreed to merge in a deal that would create a dominant player in the global agricultural industry worth an estimated US$36 billion. The pact anno...

Seven stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- FINAL ARGUMENTS TO BE MADE IN CASE AGAINST JUDGE Closing arguments are scheduled today in the case of a Federal Court judge facing possible ...