Two men charged with triple murder of family, burning home, in rural Alberta

STETTLER, Alberta — Two men are facing murder charges in the deaths of one of their families in central Alberta. A spokeswoman with Alberta Justice confirms...

B.C. aboriginal leaders meet to talk strategy over historic land claim ruling

VANCOUVER — Overlapping land claims are a major issue facing British Columbia First Nations as they try to move forward following a landmark land-title ruling, say...

Canadian soldier grilled by defence at Quebec sex assault court martial

QUEBEC — A Canadian soldier was accused on Friday of using a female subordinate as an “open bar” for his sexual gratification. Warrant officer Andre Gagnon...

Foreign Affairs says it is aware of reports of Canadian killed in Iraq

CALGARY — The federal government says it is aware of reports that a Canadian has been killed in Iraq. But the Foreign Affairs Department isn’t confirming...

Job gains push Canadian dollar higher, Ukraine/Russia standoff worsens

TORONTO — The Canadian dollar closed higher Friday as revised jobs data for July beat expectations by a wide margin. The loonie was up 0.12 of...

Whoops! Make that 42,000 July jobs, not 200, StatCan says in corrected report

OTTAWA — The once-unimpeachable reputation of the country’s national number-cruncher suffered a body blow Friday when Statistics Canada was forced to issue a major correction to...

Foreign worker program ‘trainwreck’ and should be scrapped: Alberta labour group

CALGARY — The Alberta Federation of Labour says nothing short of scrapping the temporary foreign worker program is sufficient to protect the rights of Canadian workers....

Oilsands, deepwater among riskiest energy plays in the world, report says

CALGARY — Some of the world’s costliest energy projects are in Alberta’s oilsands and some could be cancelled without higher oil prices, according to a new...

Virtual reality show on focus at tech expo in Vancouver

VANCOUVER — Ever wondered what it would feel like to fly like a bird? Here in Vancouver, at the SIGGRAPH 2014 conference, technology lovers are discovering...

Canada commits cargo planes to ship arms for Kurdish fighters in Iraq