Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Calgary MP Deepak Obhrai, the scarf-sporting, fun-loving elder statesman of the Conservative caucus and a beloved character on Parliament Hill who championed the virtues of tolerance and...

OTTAWA - The federal government has lifted speed restrictions meant to protect North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after finding that the policy may have been pushing ships closer ...

OTTAWA - The pitched political debate about the future of Canada's nascent infrastructure financing agency doesn't reflect the ongoing behind-the-scenes talks on projects with provincial governme...

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extolled on the importance of unity as he marched in Vancouver's annual Pride parade with two of his political rivals on Sunday. The prime minister took the o...

IRVINE, Alta. - Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a train derailment in southeastern Alberta that forced people from their homes and the temporary closure of a stretch of the Trans-Ca...

REGINA - Ottawa is pushing back against Saskatchewan's request to have the Supreme Court of Canada delay hearing its challenge of the federal carbon tax. The press secretary for fe...

ARCTIC BAY, Nunavut - Sitting on a bed next to the oldest Inuit woman in northern Nunavut, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heard and witnessed first-hand what life is like for the people of the Far Nort...

MONTREAL - Veteran Liberal MP Denis Paradis says he won't seek re-election in this fall's federal election. The Quebec MP says in a message published on Facebook that it's time to turn ...

EDMONTON - A Vancouver Island couple had a bizarre experience in a downtown Edmonton Airbnb earlier this week. Rod and Kat Gordon, who arrived in the city Sunday, went out to visit family&nb...

Accidents in which children die while stranded in hot cars may be more common than people realize, but the authors of a study probing the issue said there are numerous practical habits parents can ado...