Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Major projects and a coming meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premiers will be the main focus of the Assembly of First Nations annual general assembly this week, National Chief ...

HALIFAX - John Hamm, the small-town doctor who went on to become the 25th premier of Nova Scotia, is being remembered for his soft-spoken but direct approach to politics that helped reshape the provin...

VANCOUVER - The family of Tatyanna Harrison and advocacy groups including the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs are calling for a comprehensive review of the investigation into her death four ye...

WINNIPEG - A former long-serving Manitoba member of Parliament faces multiple gun charges after police raided his home and seized 439 firearms - and a cannon. Inky Mark faces a dozen Criminal Code cha...

OTTAWA - The City of Ottawa's emergency manager apologized Monday after an unannounced late-night fireworks show rocked parts of the city last week. Federal and municipal agencies say they are now try...

MIRABEL - Quebec's economy minister announced plans to establish a second aerospace engineering campus in the Montreal area as part of a series of initiatives to train more workers in the sector. Bern...

CALGARY - A multibillion-dollar plan to transport and store oilsands greenhouse gas emissions is one step closer to reality after the Alberta government, Ottawa and five oil majors agreed to advance t...

OSOYOOS - The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has issued an evacuation alert for dozens of homes and properties that are being threatened by a fire on Anarchist Mountain east of Osoyoos, B.C...

RICHMOND - The BC Nurses' Union entered mediation in its dispute with employers on Monday, with picketing set to end Tuesday night in recognition of the process. President Adriane Gear said the appoin...

MONTREAL - The Innu of Pessamit voted on Sunday to reject an agreement proposed by Hydro-Qubec and the Government of Quebec, which could have settled longstanding legal disputes and paved the way to n...