Category Archives: Canada

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police say a female student is dead and another is in hospital following a stabbing at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C. Abbotsford police Chief Bob Rich says a young...

OTTAWA - The federal government is preparing to give the parliamentary budget watchdog and the national statistics office their independence from political meddling.  The government signalled in ...

WHITEHORSE - Elections Yukon has asked the RCMP to investigate a possible offence under the Elections Act just a week before voters in the territory head to the polls in a general election. The n...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will travel to Mali and Senegal later this week as the Liberal government considers where to send hundreds of Canadian peacekeepers. The stop in Mali is notewor...

CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - The following is a transcript of the 911 call made by Jean-Claude Savoie after a python killed two sleeping boys in his apartment above Reptile Ocean, a pet store he owned in Campb...

CALGARY - The Alberta government introduced legislation Tuesday that would cap annual emissions from the oilsands industry to 100 megatonnes. Here’s a look at how emissions from the oilsands hav...

LA RONGE, Sask. - The leader of a Saskatchewan First Nation says people are struggling to understand why so many young indigenous girls are killing themselves. Since the middle of October, six gi...

EDMONTON - The legal rubber has hit the road on Alberta’s promise to cap greenhouse gas emissions from the oilsands - the engine of the province’s economy. Environment Minister S...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Nov. 1 MORNEAU SAYS DEBT TO RISE BY BILLIONS: Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the country is on track to pile another $31.8 billion onto the national...

MONTREAL - Molson Coors says it is looking to Colorado for insight on the possible effects the legalization of marijuana in Canada could have on its beer sales. Stewart Glendinning, CEO of Molson Coor...