Category Archives: Canada

Air Canada jet involved in near miss at New York airport: FAA
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration reports a near miss incident involving an Air Canada jet at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Monday. The FAA said the pilots o...
14h ago

Minister won't commit to national flood insurance program in near future
OTTAWA - Federal Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski said Tuesday she couldn't promise the government will deliver a National Flood Insurance Program "in the near future." Speaking to repo...
15h ago

Senator blames Trump administration's 'insulting' rhetoric for tourism slump
WASHINGTON - A Democrat from New Hampshire has blamed the Trump administration's "insulting" rhetoric for the collapse of Canadian tourism in her state. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen on Wednesday said New Hamps...
15h ago

Ottawa has boosted monitoring of Iran's threats to diaspora in Canada, official says
OTTAWA - Federal officials have ramped up their monitoring of Tehran's threats against members of the Iranian diaspora in Canada, a senior public safety executive said Tuesday at a conference in Ottaw...
15h ago

MacKinnon rejects Conservative's call to leave some committee control to opposition
OTTAWA - Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon rejected a call from the Conservatives to leave three key House committees under the control of opposition parties as the Liberals move to take greater c...
16h ago

Carney says the U.S. can't dictate the terms of trade talks ahead of CUSMA review
OTTAWA - Canada will not make any more concessions to the United States ahead of negotiations on the continental trade pact, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday as he insisted Washington will no...
17h ago

In the news today: Mexico pyramid shooting, Canada-U.S. trade, Tips on buying a car
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... B.C. tourists smile at Mexico pyramid. Behind them, a gunman, moments before killing A haunting photo of B.C....
22h ago

'The day the music dies': Organists pipe up to save historical instrument
EDMONTON - Music from a pipe organ has filled a convocation hall at the University of Alberta for a century, but that may soon come to an end as the institution begins renovations that include removin...
22h ago

B.C. tourists smile at Mexico pyramid. Behind them, a gunman, moments before killing
It looks like a typical tourist photo, as British Columbia woman Barbara Welsh and her friends smile near the foot of the famous Pyramid of the Moon at the Teotihuacan site northeast of Mexico City on...
22h ago

Expert says it's time for Canada to amp up efforts to educate Americans on trade
HOUSTON - Piling his shopping bags into his vehicle's trunk outside a Houston grocery store last week, Texan Herman Moreno said he doesn't think Canada has any kind of trading relationship with Texas ...
22h ago