Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Philippe Couillard finds himself in a familiar spot as his Liberals begin their quest for a second consecutive mandate: trailing in opinion polls. As was the case early in the 2014 election...

REGINA - A teacher who was shot in the face at a school in La Loche in 2016 says she’s disappointed the Saskatchewan ombudsman has determined she can’t be compensated for pain and sufferin...

NANAIMO, B.C. - Justin Trudeau’s twin objectives to reduce Canada’s carbon emissions and build a pipeline to carry oilsands bitumen to the coast collided Wednesday in a province ravaged by...

MONTREAL - Aeroplan members have more certainty about the future of their points now that the loyalty program is set to be acquired by Air Canada, but analysts say consumers shouldn’t expect to ...

WINNIPEG - The chief of a northern Manitoba First Nation says a report into the development of the hydro-electric industry decades ago only touches the surface when it describes allegations of sexual ...

TORONTO - Teachers who use a now-repealed sex-education curriculum when students return to school next month will face consequences, Ontario Premier Doug Ford warned on Wednesday as he invited parents...

OTTAWA - Concerns about potential delays in the approval of life-saving medical evacuations are circling around Canada’s United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali, which in recent days conduct...

FREDERICTON - The parties are ready, the signs are printed and the buses are fuelled up. The campaign for New Brunswick’s provincial election officially begins Thursday with the writ drop. Chief...

TORONTO - A professional urban planner considered a credible, if long-shot challenger to Toronto’s incumbent mayor in October’s municipal vote is set to hold her first campaign rally Thurs...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s coroners service says 134 people died of illicit-drug overdoses in July, a 25 per cent increase from June. The latest fatalities are the second-highest figures of a...