HALIFAX—A union’s snub of a government ultimatum over a contract vote saw Nova Scotia’s deputy premier adopt a more conciliatory tone Thursday. In a letter sent...
WINNIPEG—Manitoba is promising to cut greenhouse gas emissions by one-third in the next 15 years and bring in a cap-and-trade system for the province’s 20 largest...
TORONTO—The minister who oversees Ontario’s Children’s Aid Societies says she’s disappointed a ministerial directive that caseworkers check the child abuse register isn’t always being followed—so she’ll...
TORONTO—Canada’s six biggest banks saw their profits climb higher over the past year, despite a sluggish economy, a slowdown in consumer borrowing and rock-bottom interest rates,...
EDMONTON—An Edmonton man did not tell his wife for several days that he held the winning Lotto Max ticket for $30 million. Mauro Bagnariol did, however,...
OTTAWA—The Trudeau government unveiled Thursday its plan for transforming the Senate into an independent, non-partisan chamber—the first major reform to the scandal-plagued upper house in 50...
OTTAWA—Canada’s 42nd Parliament began with the requisite nods to history and tradition that happen on the first day, but also offered plenty of signs that the...
MONTREAL—The idea that there are many refugees who don’t want to come to Canada is “crazy” said federal Immigration Minister John McCallum on Thursday, in response...
TORONTO—Teachers who went on illegal strikes earlier this year will be allowed to make pension contributions for that period of time but the same agreement won’t...
EDMONTON—Canada’s food safety watchdog says a small amount of leftover contaminated feed was the most plausible cause of mad cow disease discovered in a cow last...