Canada

NATO secretary-general to visit Canada for meeting with Trudeau

OTTAWA - NATO's secretary-general is visiting Canada next week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says he and Jens Stoltenberg will meet at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa in Ontario on Monday. Sto...

Jul 10, 2019

Legal pot price as much as 80 per cent more than illicit: StatCan

The average cost of a gram of cannabis from the illicit market continues to drop as legal prices rise - with authorized retailers charging as much as 80 per cent more, according to an analysis by...

Jul 10, 2019

Scheer promises to scrap clean-fuel standard

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising to scrap new standards that will force cleaner-burning fuels, in addition to eliminating the federal price on carbon if his party wins...

Jul 10, 2019

David Saint-Jacques gets hero's welcome in return to space agency headquarters

LONGUEUIL, Que. - Astronaut David Saint-Jacques was met with thunderous applause today as he returned to a hero's welcome at the Canadian Space Agency headquarters near Montreal. Space agency sta...

Jul 10, 2019

Lack of host communities hampering Pikangikum evacuation: chief

PIKANGIKUM, Ont. - The chief of an Ontario First Nation threatened by a forest fire says a plan to evacuate residents via buses and boats today has been paused because of a lack of space in host commu...

Jul 10, 2019

Federal Liberals blast Ontario Tories over looming Bombardier layoffs

OTTAWA - Looming layoffs at Bombardier's railway car plant in Thunder Bay, Ont., are creating a political row between Queens Park and Parliament Hill. The federal Liberals and Ontario Tories are ...

Jul 10, 2019

OCS pulls affected CannTrust cannabis products amid Health Canada probe

TORONTO - The Ontario Cannabis Store says it has removed certain CannTrust Holdings Inc. products from its shelves online and at physical outlets until Health Canada completes its investigation involv...

Jul 10, 2019

Hamlet rock opera returns to P.E.I. theatre stage, 45 years later

CHARLOTTETOWN - A classic Shakespearean tragedy put to rock 'n' roll has given rise to moments of restorative joy to the Canadian composer witnessing its rebirth after 45 years. First launched in 1974...

Jul 10, 2019

Cause of wireless voice outage unclear, some intermittent problems may persist

TORONTO - The cause of a service outage that affected voice calls on numerous Canadian mobile brands, starting Sunday afternoon, remained unclear Monday as carriers said only some customers conti...

Jul 10, 2019

Eat Smart kale salad bags recalled due to possible listeria contamination

Eat Smart brand kale salad bags are being recalled due to possible listeria contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the 794-gram salad bags with best before da...

Jul 10, 2019