Canada

Oilers increase capacity for online 50/50 raffle ahead of Game 4 against Blackhawks

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation says its server provider has increased capacity for its online 50/50 raffle for Friday's hockey game. On Wednesday, the draw "shattered an all-...

Aug 06, 2020

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil: a fiscal hawk with a folksy demeanour

HALIFAX - During more than six years as Nova Scotia premier, Stephen McNeil earned a reputation as an ardent fiscal conservative who wasn't shy about taking on the province's public sec...

Aug 06, 2020

Elections Canada recalculates, says voter turnout last fall higher than 2015

OTTAWA - Elections Canada says voter turnout in last fall's federal election was actually slightly higher than the 2015 election. The independent agency initially reported a slight decl...

Aug 06, 2020

A timeline of the controversy around WE, the Liberals and a student program

OTTAWA - A timeline of events regarding the Canada Student Service Grant program, based on public documents, events and statements from cabinet ministers, government officials, and WE Charity: March 6...

Aug 06, 2020

Canada 'profoundly concerned' over Chinese death sentence for citizen in drug case

OTTAWA - A spokesman for the federal government says Canada is "profoundly concerned" about a Canadian citizen sentenced to death on drug charges in China. The Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate Court a...

Aug 06, 2020

Georges Island: public granted access to historic island in Halifax harbour

HALIFAX - Ottawa has announced the public will soon be able to visit Georges Island, the national historic site in the middle of Halifax harbour, on weekend boat tours. Halifax MP Andy ...

Aug 06, 2020

Saudi Crown prince sent hit squad to Canada to kill former spy, lawsuit claims

TORONTO - The crown prince of Saudi Arabia sent a hit squad to Canada in an effort to hunt down and kill a former top intelligence official who knows too much, a civil suit filed Thursday in cour...

Aug 06, 2020

Ottawa's buffer against provincial economic shocks needs reform: economist

CALGARY - A new paper suggests a federal program meant to buffer provinces against economic shocks is not up to the task - especially in the COVID-19 era. University of Calgary economis...

Aug 06, 2020

As CERB winds down, labour group asks Liberals to rethink EI

OTTAWA - A workers-rights group is calling on the federal government to rethink the employment insurance program as an emergency benefit for workers is set to run out. The government estimates four mi...

Aug 06, 2020

Union calls for production halt at Maple Leaf plant after more COVID-19 cases

BRANDON, Man. - The union representing employees at a pork processing plant in Manitoba is calling for Maple Leaf to cease production after three more workers tested positive for COVID-19. The United ...

Aug 06, 2020