Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - Fierce wildfires that swept through northern Alberta’s oilsands region in May have delivered a $735-million net loss for Suncor Energy. The Calgary-based company said late Wednesday th...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - First Nation leaders are worried about how the Husky Energy oil pipeline spill will affect their people and wildlife in and around the North Saskatchewan River. Chief Crystal Ok...

SASKATOON - A Saskatoon woman who admitted to driving drunk when she caused a crash that killed a couple and their two young children has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Catherine McKay pleaded ...

PHILADELPHIA - Christine Williams is spending the Democratic convention with her back turned mostly to the stage. She’s an usher guarding a nosebleed-section doorway. Yet she made sure to spin a...

Christine Girard appears poised to become Canada’s first Olympic gold medallist in weightlifting, but she may have to wait years to celebrate the historic achievement. Girard learned Wendesday t...

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, July 27 VANCOUVER HOUSING RISK NOW HIGH, CMHC SAYS: Canada’s national housing agency rang more alarm bells about Vancouver’s real estate sector...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s plans to dampen the influence of foreign investment in Metro Vancouver’s scorching housing market with a new tax on foreign buyers is causing widespread panic...

OTTAWA - Some facts about Hunter Tootoo, who returned to work Wednesday as an Independent MP for Nunavut after seeking treatment for alcohol addiction: Born: August 18, 1963 Age: 52 Political career: ...

OTTAWA - Smoke inside a federal data centre this morning has shut down email, some government websites and even the maligned Phoenix payroll system. The government’s central IT department, Share...

EDMONTON - A man known as the “balaclava rapist” who sexually assaulted women in Alberta decades ago is being granted day parole in British Columbia after more than 30 years behind bars. L...