Author Archives: Taylor MacPherson

OTTAWA - As Ottawa refuses to say exactly how many Canadian troops are in the Middle East, experts are questioning the government's claim it has had no role in the American attack on Iran. Here's what...

The metal-clad portable classrooms are arranged in a semicircle on a snowy sports field at Tumbler Ridge Elementary. It's a 15-minute walk from the community's secondary school, where five students an...

HALIFAX - A First Nation chief in Nova Scotia is asserting that Indigenous Peoples have a treaty right to sell cannabis amid fresh police raids on multiple Mi'kmaq-owned cannabis operations. The comme...

Pulse crops like lentils, chickpeas, peas and beans are central to both Saskatchewan and India's agri-food sectors. More than 80 per cent of all pulses exported from Canada to India are grown in Saska...

SYDNEY - Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Australia, as Canada seeks to build on already strong intelligence ties by broadening collaboration in trade and defence. The prime minister arrived in Sydney...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner is set to make an announcement about last month's mass killings in Tumbler Ridge, amid calls for a public investigation. Dr. Jatinder Baidwan will make the ...

TORONTO - A new survey suggests about three million Canadian adults are currently taking GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic or Mounjaro and that many more would like to, but cost is a barrier. The poll condu...

SYDNEY - Canada's defence minister David McGuinty says Canadian military personnel in the Middle East are out of harm's way. McGuinty did not answer when asked how many Canadian military personnel are...

DELHI - Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday in New Delhi, where the two leaders announced a series of agreements, including a strategic energy partnership. T...

OTTAWA - The competition to build the Canadian navy's next fleet of submarines is heading into a new phase after a deadline for both finalists to submit their final proposals to the federal government...