Category Archives: Canada

Canada’s sports minister has a deep background in Paralympic sport as an athlete and leader. Carla Qualtrough says athletes will be able to compete to the best of their abili...

TORONTO - A mentally ill man finally deported to Jamaica on Wednesday deserves compensation because his five years in immigration detention was inhumane, illegal and violated his rights, his lawyer to...

MONTREAL - The colleagues of a Canadian-Iranian university professor jailed in Iran are urging governments to apply pressure as her detention enters a third month with no end in sight. Homa Hoodf...

GATINEAU, Que. - The big four TV service providers are defending how they rolled out new, trimmed-down TV packages earlier this year, denying in hearings Wednesday that they were being “paternal...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Former NHLer Terry Ryan laughed through tears Wednesday, recalling how playing ball hockey with fishermen now lost off Newfoundland made him feel like the super...

Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- CANADIANS FINDINGS IT HARD TO SAVE: SURVEY A new poll suggests that about half of working Canadians would be hard-pressed to meet their f...

TORONTO - A new poll suggests that about half of working Canadians would be hard-pressed to meet their financial obligations if their paycheque was delayed for a week. The survey released Wednesd...

TORONTO - Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area hit a record last month as fewer homeowners put their properties up for sale, the city’s real estate board said Wednesday. The Toronto Real Estat...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada struck a note of caution Wednesday as it held its key interest rate target steady at 0.5 per cent and raised concerns after the export sector disappointed earlier this year...

ROCANVILLE, Sask. - Some people were shaken awake and some miners stuck underground in southeast Saskatchewan when a magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit early Monday morning. Earthquakes Canada said it ...