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Red Cross providing cash: Fire evacuee weeps upon hearing money on its way
EDMONTON – Carol Christian and her son fled the forest fire in Fort McMurray with…
Care must be taken in restoring utilities to Fort McMurray: Atco boss
CALGARY – Crews are working around the clock to restore power and natural gas to…
B.C. First Nations appeal to United Nations to help stop LNG plant
NEW YORK – First Nations leaders from northwestern British Columbia have taken their battle against…
Postmedia’s Godfrey seeks tax breaks, bigger government ad spend for newspapers
OTTAWA – The head of one of Canada’s biggest media empires is calling on Ottawa…
Most government- sponsored Syrian refugees now in permanent homes: McCallum
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister John McCallum says 98 per cent of government-sponsored Syrian refugees have…
RCMP officer in Nunavut charged with assaulting two prisoners
IQALUIT, Nunavut – A Mountie in Nunavut with 30-plus years of service has been charged…
Chicken rentals offer test runs for would-be backyard farmers wanting eggs
SAANICH, B.C. – Kate Fraser holds a big brown hen she calls Dr. Donna in…
Mulroney implies Peladeau’s eventual return to Quebecor is inevitable
MONTREAL – Although there are no immediate plans for Pierre Karl Peladeau to return to…
‘Text and drive’ billboards on Toronto highway deliver grim message
TORONTO – Drivers on one Toronto highway are seeing a counterintuitive message this week: “Text…
UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples ‘should not be scary’: Bennett
OTTAWA – There’s nothing frightening about adopting and implementing the United Nations Declaration on the…
Team of firefighters haul struggling half-tonne horse from frigid P.E.I. pool
NORTH WILTSHIRE, P.E.I. – A horse named Shanty is back in the pastures of rural…
Quebec government introduces bill to regulate taxi industry and Uber
QUEBEC – It’s up to Uber to conform to Quebec laws regulating the taxi industry…
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, May 12: ___ CLEANING UP AFTER FORT MAC…
Sorry, Trump: Canada isn’t committing to doubling defence spending
WASHINGTON – Canada isn’t committing to a massive boost in military spending, such as is…
Canadians not racist, but aboriginal issue invisible to many: Paul Martin
OTTAWA – Racism isn’t the culprit, but that doesn’t change the fact that the challenges…
Slave Lake experience suggests fire cleanup to test Fort McMurray
EDMONTON – Cleaning up Fort McMurray’s wildfire will test the city’s ability to handle everything…
Times Square hugger punches Ottawa woman in face over tip dispute
NEW YORK – A man offering “free hugs” in New York’s Times Square is accused…
What’s in a neighbourhood name? Experts say marketability, heritage at stake
TORONTO – Edmonton’s naming committee wanted to call the new neighbourhoods Balsam Woods, Golden Willow…
Conservatives and NDP say Trudeau’s wife shouldn’t get extra staff
OTTAWA – The opposition parties are making some political hay over media reports that Prime…
B.C. Health Minister predicts record drug overdose deaths this year
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s health minister says he’s hopeful the rate of drug overdose deaths…
Sirius XM Canada paves way for CBC to sell its stake, U.S. company to move in
TORONTO – The SiriusXM Canada satellite radio service is poised to undergo ownership changes, with…
Police use DNA tactic with tenants after man’s beaten body found under stairwell
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Police have asked tenants of a downtown apartment building for DNA…
Opposition rejects move to extend Bill C-14 debate ahead of June deadline
OTTAWA – The federal Liberals have lost a bid to extend debate next week on…
NDP satellite saga in Federal Court as issue continues to bedevil party
OTTAWA – The satellite office controversy finally landed Friday in Federal Court as the New…