Canada

Dieppe veteran who was Canadian Army's longest-serving officer dies at 101

MONTREAL - A Second World War veteran who was the Canadian Army's longest-serving officer has died. The Royal Montreal Regiment announced that Honorary Col. David Lloyd Hart died last Wednesday at the...

Mar 31, 2019

Fireworks, barking: Nunavut celebrates 20th birthday with optimism, reservations

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Fireworks exploded over Frobisher Bay while sled dogs chained to the sea ice howled and barked in the new capital of Iqaluit the night Nunavut was born. The territory...

Mar 31, 2019

Politicians voice support for Windsor auto workers as 1,500 job to be cut

WINDSOR, Ont. - A second round of auto worker layoffs in recent months has led politicians to jump to assure workers as the automotive sector undergoes significant transformation. Economic Development...

Mar 31, 2019

Country's new top bureaucrat to take over from embattled Wernick on April 19

OTTAWA - Michael Wernick will officially step down as the country's top bureaucrat in April, one month after he announced plans to step down in the wake of being drawn into the explosiv...

Mar 31, 2019

Government pushes China for canola evidence, mulling aid for farmers

OTTAWA - The federal government says it is considering subsidizing farmers hit by China's $2-billion ban on Canadian canola imports, and is pushing the People's Republic to prove recent shipments...

Mar 31, 2019

New carbon tax starts coming in for 4 provinces that fought the federal plan

People in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick will be paying more for gasoline and heating fuel Monday when the federal government's carbon tax begins in provinces th...

Mar 31, 2019

Seeing double: Candidates with same name square off in P.E.I. election fight

Voters in one P.E.I. riding face a tough choice in the April 23 provincial election: Matthew MacKay, or Matthew MacKay. Seeking re-election in the provincial district of Kensington-Malpeque, Progressi...

Mar 31, 2019

Transplants help keep Quebec City's small anglophone community vibrant

QUEBEC - Within the ramparts of Quebec City, a library and cultural centre for the city's English-speaking minority housed in a former jail is run by a soft-spoken spectacled ...

Mar 31, 2019

Police file new charges against youth accused of terror-related offenses

OTTAWA - A youth is facing new charges in connection with a terrorism investigation in Kingston, Ont. The charges were read in provincial court Friday as the youth appeared at a bail hearing. The susp...

Mar 31, 2019

Regina Police release RCMP review of Nadine Machiskinic death investigation

REGINA - An RCMP report says the investigation by the Regina Police Service into the death of an Indigenous woman who fell 10 storeys down a laundry chute did not meet professional standards...

Mar 30, 2019