Category Archives: Canada

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Aug. 8 ___ TRUMP WANTS CANADIAN PIPELINE FIRM TO RE-SUBMIT PROPOSAL: Donald Trump’s campaign says that if elected president, he will ask Calgary-based p...

OTTAWA - The federal government would prefer a proactive approach to ensuring that men and women get equal pay for work of equal value, a newly released memo suggests, but officials expressed some cau...

LANGLEY, B.C. - Liesel, the 12-day-old filly, is missing and police in Langley, B.C., say they believe she was snatched from under her mother’s nose. Although she’s young, the horse’...

OTTAWA - The federal government has weighed the pros and cons of a financial deterrent aimed at shrinking bulging waistlines: a tax on soda pop. Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s office requested ...

OTTAWA - Ontario MP Erin O’Toole has switched from the No to the Maybe camp in the ongoing Conservative leadership race. Here’s a look at who else is in, out or still waffling. In: Kellie ...

CALGARY - One of Canada’s oldest oilsands projects, which was shut down during the wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alta., will remain closed until benchmark oil prices rise above US$50 per barrel, i...

HALIFAX - As crews battle three wildfires in western Nova Scotia, the province is restricting activity within forests in a bid to keep more bone-dry woods from going up in flames. “We can manage...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Canada’s women’s rugby sevens team won a historic medal, while Kylie Masse continued Canada’s rise to relevance in the pool. A pair of bronze performances on Day 3 o...

OTTAWA - This past spring, Conservative MP Erin O’Toole said that while he had no immediate plans to run for leadership of his party, he might pick up the phone should duty call. For the past tw...

TORONTO - One of the most peculiar and polarizing pets - the hairless sphynx cat - can be traced back to Canada’s largest city. The wrinkled cat with large, bat-like ears provokes strong reactio...