Category Archives: Canada

WINNIPEG - Canada’s annual gathering of top Arctic scientists has been roiled by an open letter from researchers protesting what they call a sexist joke at the conference’s gala ...

TORONTO - The family of a doctor found strangled and beaten to death in a suitcase on the side of the road expressed gratitude Friday for the outpouring of support that followed her tragic killing as ...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has made it clear he wants Buy American rules in the massive infrastructure program he’s planning, launching an ardent defence of domestic-purchase requiremen...

OTTAWA - The world - including the United States - is heading inexorably in the direction of reducing greenhouse gases, even if it isn’t a priority for president-elect Donald Trump, sa...

Five stories in the news for Friday, Dec. 9 --- FIRST MINISTERS GATHER IN OTTAWA TODAY  Canada’s first ministers meet in Ottawa today, officially to talk about climate change, but a nu...

DEER LODGE, Mont. - A petition asking the governor of Montana to spare the life of a Canadian on death row is being dusted off and given a fresh look this week. Ronald Smith, who is originally fr...

CALGARY - A woman who treated her son with holistic remedies before he died of a strep infection was portrayed by the defence Friday as “morally innocent” while the Crown ar...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared victory Friday in his campaign to craft a national “framework” agreement on climate change - even though Saskatchewan and Man...

OTTAWA - Warren Allmand, who spent more than 30 years as a Liberal MP and cabinet minister, has died at the age of 84. Allmand, who represented the Montreal riding of Notre Dame De Grace from 1965 to ...

OTTAWA - Canadian astronauts are paying tribute to American space hero John Glenn, who died Thursday at the age of 95. Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted that Glenn was a great American...