Arianne Lacanilao

Quebec legislators mulling giving themselves hefty pay hike

MONTREAL—The Quebec government is considering a bill that could see members of the legislature get a substantial increase in their base salary and make them the...

Wave, area, company all eerily similar in B.C. whale watch tragedies

VICTORIA—The waves rose out of nowhere, tipped the boats straight up and hurled people into the churning seas. There was no time for maydays. The survivor...

How a trade feud with Canada built hundreds of homes in places like New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS—One little-known legacy of the now-expiring softwood lumber agreement: it spawned a massive, Canadian-funded humanitarian effort in the United States that people north of the...

Hydro One working to restore power to about 3,000 customers

TORONTO—The number of Hydro One customers without power has doubled overnight, now sitting at just over 3,000. The affected area stretches from Sudbury, Ont., in the...

Up to 20 centimetres of snow expected in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick

HALIFAX—The first significant snowfall of the winter in the Maritimes is causing travel headaches across the region. Some flights at Halifax Stanfield International Airport have been...

Alberta plans to push for more tourism in national parks and beyond in 2016

Manitoba’s first openly gay MLA looks back on career, struggle for rights

WINNIPEG—The early 2000s were not that long ago, but seem like a different era to Jim Rondeau. Back then, Manitoba’s first openly gay legislature member sat...

Exhibit shows Harlem born Norman Lewis’ depiction of urban struggles, abstract expressionism

PHILADELPHIA—The evolving styles of Harlem-born artist Norman Lewis are on display in a major retrospective at a museum in Philadelphia. The exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy...

Six more planes carrying Syrian refugees to land in Quebec by year’s end

MONTREAL—The Quebec government says about 1,800 more Syrian refugees are expected to land in Montreal by Dec. 31. Provincial Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil and acting Public...