Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Bombardier reported a US$490 million net loss Friday and said one of its coveted CSeries orders was scaled back after a quarter that saw the aerospace giant make its first delivery of the p...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Residents are “more at ease” since police charged three men in the abduction and death of Steven Miller, says the mayor of nearby Conception Bay South. The trio - ...

OTTAWA - It seems some federal workers don’t want to be caught sitting down on the job. A pilot project in one government department has found that public servants really like their sit-stand de...

Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press: --- OPENING CEREMONY TONIGHT TO LAUNCH RIO SUMMER GAMES Rosie MacLennan of King City, Ont., will carry the Maple Leaf as more than 300 Canadian a...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo next week as part of a trip to Africa to collect information for a potential future Canadian peacekeeping mission on...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Soldiers from U.S. and Canada have spent much of the last few weeks engaging in war games in expansive interior Alaska, with Iowa National Guard personnel playing the role of the e...

OTTAWA - The number of missing or murdered indigenous women in Canada has not escaped the attention of members of the international human rights community, who will keep a close eye on a national inqu...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Aug. 4 — TOOTOO WON’T RESIGN: Former federal cabinet minister Hunter Tootoo says he won’t resign his seat in the House of Commons. Tootoo ...

GATINEAU, Que. - Canada is 150 days away from the launch of a year-long celebration to mark its 150th anniversary. Across the country, Liberal MPs kicked off the countdown today that will culminate wi...

WINNIPEG - A massive, if not particularly well-loved, portrait of the Queen that once watched over National Hockey League games in Winnipeg is again looking for a new home. The five-metre by seven-met...