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Maxime Bernier challenges Quebec political orthodoxy with new party
MONTREAL - When Maxime Bernier, leader of the nascent People's Party of Canada, recently appeared on a Quebec TV news panel, the pundits laughed at his suggestion that Ottawa could forc...
Dec 27, 2018
Hundreds show up at Winnipeg dog shelter to keep canines company on Christmas
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg dog shelter's idea to keep the animals from getting lonely on Christmas was so popular that people were lined up out the door. On a typical holiday, staff at Winnipeg Animal Serv...
Dec 26, 2018
Quebecer confined in Cuba says he's been convicted in second trial
MONTREAL - A Quebec man who has been stuck in Cuba after being involved in a boating accident that killed a fellow tourist in 2017 says he is once again facing four years in prison following...
Dec 26, 2018
Nature Conservancy recommends a better fate for your Christmas tree
Canada's Christmas tree farms produce over three million pine, spruce and fir trees each year - and most of them are simply abandoned at the curb soon after Santa makes his annual visit. Now, the...
Dec 26, 2018
Moe uses fight against carbon tax to define first year as Saskatchewan premier
REGINA - Scott Moe is almost one year into his tenure as Saskatchewan premier and he has used his opposition against a federal carbon tax as a major front in the early battle to define his l...
Dec 26, 2018
Saskatchewan premier unsure if visiting protest camp would have helped
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's never met with anyone protesting outside the legislature and didn't see a need to make an exception when Indigenous protesters set up a camp this past...
Dec 26, 2018
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