OTTAWA — Signs of strength in the Canadian economy continued to gather momentum as retail sales for January came in better than expected. Statistics Canada says retail sales climbed 2.2 per cent to $46.0 billion in January after declining in December. Economists had expected a gain of 1.1 per cent,Read More

Ontario: Police have identified the man who died after an incident at a salt mine in western Ontario over the weekend. He was 36-year-old Darcy Clancy of Chepstow, Ont. Provincial police were called to the Compass Minerals mine in Goderich Saturday morning. An injured man was brought to the surfaceRead More

OTTAWA — Senior defence officials have ordered a curb on non-essential activities across the department, The Canadian Press has learned, as they look to free up millions of dollars for military operations and other more critical tasks. The result has been a severe cut to activities not directly related toRead More

CALGARY – Alberta Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney says the wheels are in motion on his unite-the-right plan, with the goal of a new party and an elected leader in place a year from now. “This is not written in stone (but) if there’s any way that we can accelerateRead More

CALGARY – The new leader of Alberta’s Progressive Conservative party wants to begin negotiations as soon as possible with the opposition Wildrose with a goal of merging the two parties before the next provincial election. Former federal Conservative cabinet minister Jason Kenney will meet with Wildrose leader Brian Jean todayRead More

DUBAI, A Canadian school teacher whose teaching philosophy underscores hope and acts of kindness in an isolated corner of Quebec won a $1 million prize Sunday in what has become one of the most-coveted and high-profile awards for teaching excellence. Maggie MacDonnell was awarded the annual Global Teacher Prize duringRead More

TORONTO — A White House proposal to eliminate all funding for a program protecting the Great Lakes from environmental harm is drawing outrage and calls of resistance from politicians in Canada and the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump’s inaugural budget calls for slashing all federal funds for the GreatRead More

TORONTO — New taxpayer-funded ads from the Ontario Liberal government about its plan to cut hydro bills could be considered partisan, the auditor general said Friday. The two ads, running on radio stations across the province, tell listeners that people will receive an average of 25 per cent off theirRead More

OTTAWA — The federal Conservative party removed more than 1,300 people from its membership rolls Friday following a review triggered by leadership hopeful Kevin O’Leary’s accusation that one of his rivals has been engaging in widespread fraud and vote-rigging. The party’s announcement capped a day in which O’Leary’s allegations wereRead More

SAINT BRUNO, Que. — Two small planes collided over a bustling Quebec shopping mall on Friday, killing one pilot and seriously injuring the other. The injured pilot was transported to hospital as were two witnesses who were treated for shock at Promenades Saint-Bruno, south of Montreal. Longueuil police tweeted FridayRead More