17+ hour, 22+ min ago   (421+ words) PARIS — Thousands of Céline Dion fans gathered along the streets of Paris ahead of the singer’s comeback concert Saturday evening at the Plenitude Arena. For many, it was a test of patience and determination to get their hands on one…...

16+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1115+ words) OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will gather scores of deep-pocketed investors in Toronto next week in a bid to fix Canada’s “Achilles heel” — a persistent lack of business investment dragging down the economy. Hundreds of global and domestic investors with…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (517+ words) FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has ordered the province’s public sector to stop buying American products when Canadian substitutes are available, saying the move is in response to the latest round of U.S. tariffs. As well, Holt announced…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (143+ words) HALIFAX — The case against a man accused of threatening to bomb the U.S. consulate in Halifax has been delayed until next month. Ali Assakereh was scheduled to enter a plea and select a trial format today, but his new legal…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (159+ words) OTTAWA — Two RCMP disaster victim identification specialists are in Kathmandu to assist Canadian officials already in the region in response to flash floods along the Nepal-China border. Canada is assisting international efforts to locate survivors after devastating floods on Aug....

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (299+ words) While politicians go back and forth about trade, it’s people on the ground who are feeling the pinch of tariffs and the trade war. On Thursday, truckers were stopping at the weigh scales just north of Regina as part of…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (174+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada only has 2,000 military drones and will work with Ukraine to produce the millions needed in future years. He welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Calgary today, where the two nations signed a joint statement…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1642+ words) TORONTO — Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center spurred widespread surveillance and hostility against Muslims around the world, the work of countering Islamophobia in Canada still rests largely on those it targets, a major Islamic organization…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (835+ words) Regina Mayor Chad Bachynski says the city will have to acknowledge the impact of tariffs during a trade war he described as “ridiculous.” Quarterly budget forecasts received by city council on Wednesday showed a $1 million overage from the transit services…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (485+ words) EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers’ announcement to sign a former Team Canada junior player acquitted of sexual assault last year has come as a massive body check to one longtime superfan. Mary Loewen — affectionately known among Oilers fans as “Mama Stanley…...