Air Canada flight makes emergency landing at Edmonton airport, TSB investigates

EDMONTON — One of the passengers on an Air Canada Express flight that made an emergency landing in Edmonton had a close call when a propeller...

Wayne Gretzky admits to considering Toronto Maple Leafs presidency

Canada becomes first country in Americas to obtain Chinese currency hub designation

BEIJING — Canada and China have signed a reciprocal currency deal that’s expected to dramatically boost exports. The hub will foster far easier trade between the...

Pinoy wins award in Canada

MANILA – Filipino community leader Tom Avendano is this yer’s Paul Yuzyk Award recipient. Given the recent attack in Canada, the awarding ceremony this year started...

Conservative immigration policies making Canada less welcoming for Filipinos

OTTAWA – Changes to the live-in caregivers program show that Conservative immigration policies are closing Canada’s borders to Filipinos. “Conservative cabinet ministers have long been saying...

Taxi companies file lawsuit to block Uber from expanding into Vancouver

VANCOUVER — Vancouver’s taxi industry is firing a pre-emptive strike against ride-sharing service Uber, alleging in a lawsuit that the U.S.-based company is preparing to launch...

Construction of $1 billion B.C. ski lodge in avalanche zone, say NDP

INVERMERE, B.C. — The B.C. New Democrats and governing Liberals can’t agree on whether the day lodge for the New Jumbo Glacier Resort is being built...

Senate approves Conservative government’s controversial prostitution bill

OTTAWA — The Conservative government’s controversial anti-prostitution bill passed third reading in the Senate on Tuesday and requires only royal assent to become law. The government...

Manitoba flies in doctor from Ontario to keep ER open in Pine Falls

SELKIRK, Manitoba — Officials had to fly in a physician from Ontario this past weekend to keep a busy emergency room open in eastern Manitoba. John...

WHO asks Canada to justify visa ban for residents of Ebola affected countries

TORONTO — The World Health Organization has asked Canada to justify its decision to limit travel to this country from the West African countries combating Ebola....