Category Archives: Canada

Two Alberta First Nations have asked the federal government to examine whether a component of oilsands tailings pond water known to harm fish and other animals should be classed as toxic. The move cou...

OTTAWA - The 19-year-old charged with killing six people in an Ottawa suburb last week is set to return to court this afternoon. Febrio De-Zoysa was arrested last Wednesday night and is charged with s...

TORONTO - A unique Canadian program meant to ensure sexual-assault cases aren't closed inappropriately by police is set to run out of federal funding at the end of the month, its national co-ordinator...

COBOURG, Ont. - Kim Rudd, a former Liberal MP who represented a southern Ontario riding, has died. An online obituary says Rudd died of ovarian cancer on Tuesday at a hospice in Cobourg, Ont. Rudd, wh...

SASKATOON - A First Nations chief in Saskatchewan says his community needs a seat at the table after a probe into the release of a mass killer failed to include members' input. A joint investigation b...

EDMONTON - Alberta's utilities regulator has released a report saying the renewables industry poses little threat to agriculture or the environment. The Alberta Utilities Commission also says there's ...

PENTICTON, B.C. - The British Columbia government says farmers will get an extra $70 million to replant and strengthen fruit orchards and vineyards after two years of weather-related disasters. Premie...

VICTORIA - A pair of British Columbia philanthropists are donating the last $92 million from a "windfall" sale of their medical imaging company to the charitable foundation they founded. Eric Peterson...

OTTAWA - The office of Canada's auditor general confirms it fired two employees after discovering they were making extra money from federal contracts on the side. Karen Hogan's office says a third per...

MONTREAL - The head of Quebec's automobile dealers association says the government's decision to end a rebate for the purchase of electric vehicles will slow the province's shift to cleaner cars. Ian ...