Category Archives: Canada

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Aug. 17. ____ FEDS PONDER MANDATORY PEACE BOND COUNSELLING: The Liberal government is looking at making counter-radicalization counselling mandatory for pe...

TORONTO - The vibrant colours of Ontario’s fall foliage could have a shorter display than expected this year after a hot and dry summer. Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips sa...

MONTREAL - The maker of Ski-Doos, personal watercraft and three-wheel Spyder vehicles is evaluating whether to enter the two-wheel motorcycle business to help power its aggressive growth plans. “...

MONTREAL - An 80-year-old Montreal man has been charged with first-degree murder and arson in the death of his spouse. Salomon Abeassis appeared briefly before a Quebec court judge today after being e...

CALGARY - There are long lineups in Calgary as people wait to apply for service jobs at a new international airport terminal that is to open this fall. Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate in ...

OTTAWA - The list of those interested in running for leadership of the Conservative party continues to lengthen, with former MP Andrew Saxton’s name being the latest to surface. Here’s a l...

VANCOUVER - Canada’s immigration minister says it appears the country needs more newcomers, but as housing prices skyrocket in Vancouver and Toronto his government hopes to lure them elsewhere. ...

OTTAWA - A defeated Conservative MP is considering a political comeback - running for leadership of his party. Andrew Saxton, who lost his North Vancouver, B.C. seat last fall, is the latest Tory test...

SAANICH, B.C. - A Washington state couple says they knew they’d face the occasional unanticipated challenge when they began adopting a Victorian-era lifestyle seven years ago, but they never exp...

On the last leg of his 3,200-kilometre voyage down the Yukon River on a riverboard, Denis Morin was moved to tears. He had stopped for a day to rest in Mountain Village, Alaska, a reservation of less ...