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Montreal imposes one-year ban on horse-drawn carriages to create new rules
MONTREAL – Horse-drawn carriages will disappear from the cobblestone streets of Old Montreal for 12…
Montreal latest Canadian city to test body cameras for police officers
Montreal has become the latest Canadian city to equip its police officers with body cameras.…
As Trans Mountain report looms, a look at the state of pipelines in Canada
VANCOUVER – The National Energy Board will release a long-awaited report Thursday that will reveal…
B.C. premier says it’s time feds approve LNG but denies linkage to oil pipelines
OTTAWA – It’s long past time for the federal government to issue environmental permits for…
CPP Investment Board posts weakest annual rate of return since 2009 fiscal year
TORONTO – The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s annual rate of return dropped to 3.4…
2 Canadians aboard EgyptAir plane that crashed in Mediterranean Sea: Dion
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion says two Canadian citizens were among the passengers…
Conrad Black fights liens for unpaid taxes placed on Toronto mansion
TORONTO – Conrad Black is fighting two liens that have been placed on his Toronto…
Ballerina to dance Swan Lake in first major performance since brain injury
VANCOUVER – After a serious rollerblading accident, Agentinian ballerina Lucila Munaretto refused to accept what…
One Syrian woman a week disclosing domestic abuse: settlement agency
OTTAWA – The Syrian man showed up at the Arab Community Centre of Toronto after…
Sen. Pamela Wallin won’t face charges in Senate expense scandal, RCMP says
OTTAWA – The RCMP closed another chapter in the long-running Senate expense saga Thursday by…
Government trump card would make oversight ‘a mirage’: information commissioner
OTTAWA – Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault says giving the government a veto over the release…
Canadian regulator approves sale of fast-growing, genetically modified salmon
OTTAWA – Canadian grocery stores have received the regulatory green light to begin selling fast-growing,…
Liberals drop controversial motion as Trudeau’s Commons contretemps reverberates
OTTAWA – The Bible passage Prime Minister Justin Trudeau chose to read Thursday at the…
Standard & Poor’s downgrades Alberta’s credit rating, cites weak budget, debt
EDMONTON – Alberta’s credit rating has been downgraded again. Standard & Poor’s has changed the…
Reaction to the National Energy Board’s approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER – The National Energy Board has recommended that the federal government approve the contentious…
Seven children in hospital after school bus crash northwest of Toronto
HALTON HILLS, Ont. – Police say seven children and one adult were taken to hospital…
Police association says officers in Fort McMurray not properly protected
SURREY, B.C. – An organization representing many rank-and-file RCMP members is alleging officers deployed to…
Frozen food recall covers hundreds of items from many stores
DES MOINES, Iowa – Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of…
Defence review will look at technology investments, use of drones: minister
TORONTO – Canada’s defence minister says a long-awaited review on the future of the Canadian…
Consumer price index up 1.7% compared with year ago: Statistics Canada
OTTAWA – The annual pace of inflation in Canada picked up in April as the…
Gas station owner watches big bear stroll through lot after getting into garbage
HALIFAX – Gennadiy Shcherbin says he will look over his shoulder a little more carefully…
Three-metre boa constrictor missing from pet shop may be dangerous says manager
CORNER BROOK, N.L. – The manager of a pet store in western Newfoundland is warning…
Bombardier shifting production to speed up Toronto streetcar deliveries
MONTREAL – Bombardier is hoping to get its Toronto streetcar contract back on track and…
Terrorism-related peace bond to be lifted for P.E.I. university student
CHARLOTTETOWN – A P.E.I. man accused of having enough castor beans to produce a “substantial…