Author Archives: Taylor MacPherson

SAINT-BASILE-LE-GRAND - A Roman Catholic diocese on Montreal's South Shore is expressing its regrets over a tombstone showcasing the logo of the Hells Angels outlaw biker gang at a parish cemetery. Th...

TORONTO - Karine Beauchamp couldn't think straight, felt so exhausted she could barely get out of bed and had unpredictable mood swings ranging from sadness to anger. "It's like my resilience just dis...

OTTAWA - Canada's top bureaucrat is warning the budget's spending reduction target is a "big number" that will mean cuts to programs and jobs in the public service. Tuesday's federal budget outlined a...

OTTAWA - Federal politicians of all stripes say they don't want the coming budget vote to trigger a Christmas election - but nobody's ruling it out, meaning voters might soon have to resist the tempta...

OTTAWA - The federal government is set to unveil its budget today - the Liberals' first fiscal update in almost a year and the first summary of Prime Minister Mark Carney's agenda since the party rele...

TORONTO - Pharmacists say a shortage of medications that contain oxycodone is expected to continue into the new year, while supply of another type of painkiller has increased since a nationwide disrup...

The president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan said he was disappointed after learning India was placing a 30 per cent duty on all yellow pea imports, including from Canada. B...

WHITEHORSE - Yukon residents go to the polls today in a territorial election where voters are also being asked for their say on possible electoral reform. The Yukon Liberals went into the race as a mi...

VANCOUVER - Politicians from B.C. and Ottawa will meet in Vancouver today for a forestry summit on how to prop up the industry in the face of American fees and tariffs topping 50 per cent. Federal pol...

A group representing more than a dozen Manitoba municipalities says RCMP are investigating a gruesome Halloween display the group believes was meant to intimidate local politicians. Ivan Normandeau, p...