Quebec renews Uber’s operating permit for another year; tightens rules

MONTREAL — Ride-hailing company Uber will be allowed to operate legally for another year in Quebec under more strict rules, Transport Minister Laurent Lessard said. Lessard...

Ontario premier says she was misunderstood by Quebec party leader during meeting

QUEBEC — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne contradicted the leader of one of Quebec’s opposition parties Friday, saying he misunderstood their private conversation and shouldn’t have publicly...

B.C. court halts extradition of pair on way to India to face murder charges

VANCOUVER — A defence lawyer says the extradition of two British Columbia residents to India to face murder charges was challenged in court because the federal...

Saskatchewan Indigenous woman says she was racially profiled at Sears

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — An Indigenous woman says she was racially profiled and insulted by a Sears employee at a store in northern Saskatchewan. Helen Ermine...

Liberal definition of middle class Canadians ‘not useful,’ says economist

OTTAWA — The Liberals speak constantly of strengthening the Canadian middle class, but any precise definition of that amorphous category of people getting all the attention...

Canadians anxiously await U.S. NAFTA proposal on auto content rules

Trudeau: No comment on North Korea threats, let’s pursue a diplomatic solution

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. — Justin Trudeau avoided being drawn into the tit-for-tat threats between the leaders of the U.S. and North Korea, pointing instead to signs...

Canadian retailers see potential NAFTA change as threat

TORONTO — A Canadian looking for a high-end men’s shoe from can buy it from a major online retailer in the U.S. or get it for...

Alberta not likely to follow through with spear hunt ban until fall 2018

EDMONTON — Alberta does not expect to make good on a promise to ban what it has called the archaic practice of spear-hunting until at least next fall...

MLA Rick Fraser quits new party, says focus on divisive politics hurting Alberta

EDMONTON — Another member of Alberta’s new United Conservative Party has quit caucus to sit as an Independent. Rick Fraser, the legislature member for Calgary South East,...