Category Archives: Canada

Ex-Quebec deputy premier Normandeau rips up Liberal membership card
QUEBEC - Former Quebec deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau said Tuesday the province’s anti-corruption unit has declared war on her. On her first day of work for Quebec City radio stati...
Sep 06, 2016
Waiting for Guinness confirmation: Edmonton baseball game could be longest
EDMONTON - The longest baseball game ever may have been played in Edmonton on the long weekend. The 72-hour, 237-inning game still needs official confirmation from Guinness World Records. The ma...
Sep 06, 2016
A look at the five biggest foreign takeovers by Canadian companies
CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. has struck a deal to acquire Houston-based Spectra Energy in a friendly, all-stock deal worth US$28 billion in what would be the largest foreign takeover by a Canadian com...
Sep 06, 2016

Calgary neighbourhood tells tree planters to make like a tree and leaf
CALGARY - Protests over trees usually happen when they’re being cut down, but some Calgary residents are upset the city has planted saplings in a park across from their homes. Ian Burg...
Sep 06, 2016
Man posed as U.K. diplomat as part of $30K fraud of Ont. woman: police
NEWMARKET, Ont. - Police say a 41-year-old man - who allegedly claimed to be a diplomat from the United Kingdom as part of an elaborate fraud - is facing charges after an Ontario woman lost ...
Sep 06, 2016

The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Sept. 9 --- JOBS NUMBERS REBOUNDED SOMEWHAT IN AUGUST: The latest numbers from Statistics Canada show the economy created 26-thousand, 200 net new jobs i...
Sep 06, 2016
Tory leadership hopeful Maxime Bernier wants maple syrup restrictions lifted
OTTAWA - The federal government must use its constitutional powers to give Quebec’s maple syrup producers the right to sell their products as they see fit, Conservative ...
Sep 06, 2016
A by-the-numbers look at Canada and the anti-ISIL bombing campaign
OTTAWA - Although the Liberal government withdrew Canada’s CF-18s from Iraq and Syria in the spring, two Aurora surveillance planes and a Polaris refuelling aircraft have continued to parti...
Sep 06, 2016
Winnipeg woman accused of concealing infant remains has fraud charge dropped
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg woman accused of hiding the remains of six infants in a storage locker has had an unrelated charge against her stayed. Andrea Giesbrecht’s lawyer, Matthew Gould, says ...
Sep 06, 2016

Mansbridge's departure primes 'The National' for revamp, say observers
TORONTO - Veteran anchor Peter Mansbridge’s departure from “The National” is ushering in “the next phase” of CBC’s flagship news program, the public broad...
Sep 06, 2016