QUEBEC — Cuts to the federal space budget are coming under scrutiny at an international conference being hosted in Quebec City. The CEO of a top space company says he thinks the 10 per cent cut, part of broader decreases in the recent federal budget, may hurt the Canadian Space…
Canada is lifting a number of sanctions against Myanmar as a sign of good faith that the formerly repressive nation is on the path to positive change, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said.Baird announced that Canada was following the example set by the European Union earlier this week and had…
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz racked up the most spending on travel and hospitality in the past two years compared to his cabinet colleagues, according to newly compiled numbers.The total tab since March 2010 to send Ritz to trade missions in far-flung locations around the globe was $271,489, just above two…
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A massive explosion and fire at the Lakeland sawmill on evening has claimed a second life The B.C Coroners Office says the second man to die from his injuries was one of 24 people working in the sawmill when it exploded and burned. He was originally…
A survey conducted by a large Canadian polling firm shows a pattern of misleading phone calls during last May’s federal election that appears to have targeted opposition supporters. Ekos Research Associates says its survey found that Liberal, NDP and Green party supporters in seven key ridings were much more likely…
VANCOUVER — A man acquitted in the Air India bombings has repaid the B.C. government $6.3 million in legal costs but now wants an appeal of the judgment that required him to hand over the money. Ripudaman Singh Malik wants the government to pay his trial costs in 2003 and…
A well-known gay rights activist in Halifax is dead after being beaten as he was leaving a popular gay bar. Raymond Taavel intervened when a man he was with began arguing with another man, who was yelling at the pair as they left Menz Bar. Witnesses said the man was…
GRANDE CACHE, Alta. — The mothers of two RCMP officers gunned down in Alberta seven years ago say they don’t want a man convicted in the deaths to get parole. Shawn Hennessey was sent to prison in January 2009 after pleading guilty to manslaughter. He is to appear before a…
TORONTO — The Canadian government has received a formal request for the transfer of convicted war criminal Omar Khadr from Guantanamo Bay to Canada, Ottawa confirmed. A spokeswoman for Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said Ottawa is now considering the request. “The government of Canada has just received a completed…
OTTAWA — Canada’s economy is steadily gaining strength but is still being constrained from robust growth by heavy household debt, a strong dollar, soft export markets and weak employment growth, the Bank of Canada said. Rising oil prices, which have been a significant contributor to the dollar’s strength, were also…
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