Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia pedophile who directed the abuse of young Filipino children over the Internet has lost his appeal of a five-year jail sentence. Jason Troy Pitts had adults in the Philippi...

OTTAWA - People who are criticizing the federal minister of democratic institutions in a flap over her country of birth are playing political games, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursd...

OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge says Canada’s spy agency illegally kept potentially revealing electronic data about people who posed no security threat over a 10-year period. In a hard-hitting ru...

CALGARY - A panel struck last May to identify gaps in reviews of the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion says the government must answer six key questions before deciding the fate of the $...

OTTAWA - Any new spending measures being pitched for the federal budget will have to demonstrate potential to help grow the economy if they expect to find favour with the Liberal government, Canada...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The federal government is providing another $2.9 billion in loan guarantees for the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project — a move Newfoundland and Labrador’s premie...

HALIFAX - The union representing Nova Scotia’s public school teachers took the next step in an increasingly fractious contract dispute Thursday, asking the provincial labour minister to appoint ...

TORONTO - They don’t always like what they see or hear but Canadians hoping Donald Trump becomes the next U.S. president believe him to be a straight shooter that will bring economic a...

VANCOUVER - The president of the company that hopes to build the $6.8-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion says he doesn’t know whether humans are contributing to climate change. Kinder Mor...

New research is cutting through the confusion on disappearing Arctic sea ice by replacing complex computer models with simple math that links everyday activities to the health of Earth’s cl...