Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Endless applause rained down on the Olympic athletes who flooded the floor of the House of Commons this week - an indication, surely, of the pride that MPs of all political stripes feel for t...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will ban the sale of shower gels, toothpaste and facial scrubs containing plastic microbeads, effective July 1, 2018. A notice published Friday i...

ROULEAU, Sask. - It’s been years since the cameras have rolled at “Corner Gas.” Years since Brent cracked wise with Hank from behind the store counter. Years since Emma gave Oscar wh...

OTTAWA - The European Union’s envoy to Canada says International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland’s controversial decision to walk out of talks last month to save the transatlantic free tr...

OTTAWA - Canada’s 150th birthday celebration will not include an outdoor National Hockey League game on Parliament Hill. The press secretary for Heritage Minister Melanie Joly said in a statemen...

EDMONTON - Sex crime charges against a high-ranking military officer have been dropped by the Alberta Crown. Lt.-Col. Mason Stalker was charged last year with offences including sexual assault an...

KINGSVILLE, Ont. - An Ontario winery has had to dispose of 250,000 litres of its product after someone deliberately tampered with tanks on the property. Provincial police say the incident took place a...

OTTAWA - The federal government will appoint a special ministerial representative to look at border crossing issues faced by First Nations. In a joint letter written in response to a Senate commi...

TORONTO - A seven-year-old Facebook message has scuttled a conviction against a man accused by his ex-wife of sexually assaulting and threatening to kill her. In a decision released Friday, Ontario...

British Columbia’s efforts to launch a liquefied natural gas industry were given a boost Friday after Woodfibre LNG said it will proceed with its $1.6-billion project in the Lower Mainland, the ...