Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - After shelling out almost half a million dollars for Justin Trudeau to hole up with his 30 ministers at two different luxury resorts, taxpayers will get a break this weekend when the prime mi...

Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press: VIA PONDERS CHEAP FARES IN B.C. VIA Rail has joined discussions with the British Columbia government, First Nations and community groups to offe...

VANCOUVER - The aunt of a Syrian toddler who was shown in a haunting photo lying lifeless on a beach says the photograph this week of a bloody boy pulled from a collapsed building in Aleppo is heartbr...

VANCOUVER - An east Vancouver neighbourhood has gotten increasingly colourful lately, but the people behind dozens of new murals in the area say the art is about more than beautifying empty walls. Mor...

VANCOUVER - Via Rail has joined discussions with the British Columbia government, First Nations and social service agencies to offer rock-bottom fares to “vulnerable” people who can’...

BOSTON - It’s not an easy movie to watch: Hunters clubbing seals to death and bloodying the otherwise pristine ice of the Canadian Arctic. But for the Cape Cod-based International Fund for Anima...

VANCOUVER - Experts say they’re not sure British Columbia’s overdue climate change plan will go far enough in increasing carbon taxes and tightening environmental policies to reach the pro...

TORONTO - Police say RCMP are involved in the probe into a fatal crash involving a plane allegedly stolen from an airport in the Greater Toronto Area. York Regional police says the Mounties are part o...

OTTAWA - The transportation expenses claimed by Health Minister Jane Philpott are in the spotlight after it was revealed she signed off on a $1,708 bill for a single day’s worth of high-end car ...

TORONTO - With one week left before the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ strike mandate expires, a spokesman for the union says negotiating with Canada Post without the mandate is not an option...