Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - A joint NAFTA panel has given the United States three months to rethink its tariffs on imports of Canadian softwood lumber. The five-member panel of Canadian and American representatives...

LILLOOET, B.C. - Helicopter airlifts of migrating salmon have been temporarily halted at a rock slide in British Columbia's Fraser River because officials say large numbers of fish are now gettin...

OTTAWA - Health Canada says people who vape should get medical attention right away if they're worried their electronic cigarettes are harming them. The federal department says there is no sign in Can...

VANCOUVER - The cannabis industry is seen by some First Nations as an opportunity to take the initiative and get out of poverty, says the regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of Fir...

MONTREAL - A Montreal man charged with fatally stabbing his unborn baby has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated assault. The guilty plea from Sofiane Ghazi, 39, came on the second da...

OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats have settled on "In it for You" as their English slogan for the upcoming federal election campaign. They're launching it with a new advertisement featuring leader Ja...

Four stories in the news for Thursday, Sept. 5 --- CANADA'S BIANCA ANDREESCU HEADS TO U.S. OPEN SEMIFINALS Bianca Andreescu became the first teenager to reach the U.S. Open semifinals in a d...

VICTORIA - One of Canada's oldest fall fairs is putting a new twist on its annual showcase of local livestock, produce and fruit by adding a new category for best home-grown marijuana. The C...

MONTREAL - Some lakeside residents of a town northwest of Montreal that was severely flooded last spring after a dike ruptured are now upset the government's repairs to the structure will ob...

OTTAWA - Change. Forward. Together. For you. They are the buzzwords of political campaigns worldwide, used time and again in various combinations, to sum up a campaign theme in few enough letters...