Author Archives: Syndicated Content

WINNIPEG - Manitoba politicians reached a deal to speed passage of a free trade bill Monday, hours before the legislature was to break for the summer. More than 30 other bills were also set to be appr...

Olympic champion paddler Adam van Koeverden is the latest politician to step into the leadership of sport in Canada. The MP for Burlington North-Milton West in Ontario was appointed Secretary of State...

MONTREAL - Montreal is forging ahead with new rules banning many short-term rentals for nine months a year, hoping to alleviate a housing crunch and strike a blow in a lengthy battle against unauthori...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has launched a review of its primary health care system, in accordance with the ruling New Democrats' confidence agreement with the Green Party. The assessme...

OTTAWA - The former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for an emergency meeting of chiefs to come up with demands for Canada's governments as they look to fast-track projects t...

MONTREAL - Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon has begun his testimony in his civil trial on allegations of sexual assault. Rozon, 70, testified for nearly an hour at the courthouse in Montreal on M...

Protesters have been gathered for weeks at an ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C., where an outbreak of avian flu killed 69 of the birds in December and January. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency wants t...

EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The operators of a British Columbia ostrich flock that's facing a cull order after an avian flu outbreak are calling for independent testing of the birds to preven...

OTTAWA - Ottawa collected an extra $617 million in import duties this past March compared to a year earlier as counter-tariffs against U.S. trade restrictions came into effect. The federal government'...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says a planned trip to Ottawa this week to meet with senior federal officials aims to strengthen ties with a newly elected government. "We don't want to wait," Sim ...