Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Erin O’Toole has joined the growing number of candidates to replace former prime minister Stephen Harper as party leader, a list that is becoming increasingly heavy with...

Seven stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 14 --- PM TRUDEAU STUMPS IN ALBERTA BYELECTION Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was greeted by a couple of thousand enthusiastic supporters last evening&nb...

CALGARY - The National Energy Board says a building spree in non-hydroelectric renewable power projects between 2005 and 2015 took its share of overall capacity in Canada from two per cent to 11 ...

QUEBEC - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is wrapping up his two-day Canadian visit with several events today in Quebec City. Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard is hosting Valls and the two will...

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was greeted by a couple of thousand enthusiastic supporters Thursday evening at a byelection campaign event in Medicine Hat, a southeaster...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s largest union is in no hurry to use its newly won right to strike to squeeze a big raise from the cash-strapped NDP government. The Alberta Union of Provincial Emp...

OTTAWA - Dominic Barton, chair of the federal government’s growth council, gave an update this week on what these economic advisers have on their radar as they look for ways ...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Daring thieves stole a $10,000 diamond in a split-second switch with a fake, a New Brunswick jeweller says. “These were pros,” said Wayne Smith, owner of W. Sm...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Oct. 13 FRENCH PM VISITS CANADA, SUPPORTS CLINTON: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been very guarded in commenting on the American election but his F...

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba cabinet minister says she was told to take her pants off in the middle of question period by a male NDP opponent, but the NDP are firmly denying the accusatio...