Author Archives: Syndicated Content

EDMONTON - Alberta's election agency is officially on the hunt for at least 60,000 people to work the fall referendum, and it's offering between $255 to $350 per day. On Oct. 19, Premier Danielle Smit...

MONTREAL - A 38-year-old man is facing six charges in the attempted arson of a Montreal-area synagogue last week. The charges include arson, possessing incendiary materials, using an explosive substan...

MONCTON - Food banks in New Brunswick are receiving a provincial cash boost for the next three years. The government has announced $9 million to non-profit Feed NB to supply food banks across the prov...

TORONTO - Toronto police will work with officers from other countries to manage international fan groups during the FIFA World Cup, the force said in an update a week before the international soccer t...

OTTAWA - Former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour has been installed as Canada's 31st Governor General, replacing Mary Simon. Today's ceremony included a 21-gun salute, a poetry reading and musical ...

HALIFAX - Unionized long-term care workers in Nova Scotia were expected Monday to begin voting on a tentative contract that could bring an end to a labour dispute now in its eighth week. The Canadian ...

OTTAWA - Extreme polarization and consensus are dangerous and a better country can only be built through the "peaceful management" of our differences, Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour said Monday in her first ...

VANCOUVER - Eldorado Gold Corp. says the first copper concentrate was produced at its McIlvenna Bay project in Saskatchewan on Sunday. McIlvenna Bay was one of the first five major projects on the fed...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Louise Arbour becomes Canada's new governor general Former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour will become Ca...

RICHMOND - Tom Tang, went from being an art teacher and street portraitist in China, to living in a park in Richmond, B.C. He didn't quite understand how he ended up there. "Time all blurs together wh...