ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Seven people were taken to hospital after an American Airlines passenger jet made an emergency landing in St. John’s, NL, Sunday night following severe turbulence. “I thought we were going down,” said passenger Jordan Case of Plano, Texas. American flight 206 left Miami at 3:03 p.m.Read More

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne leaves this week for a 10-day trade mission to India, saying now is the time for Canada to foster more relationships with the burgeoning country. In addition to Wynne’s trip — which includes nine Liberal MPPs, 50 business leaders, 19 representatives of post-secondary institutionsRead More

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says his province is in touch with officials in the United States for help rebuilding after a school shooting. Wall said the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, Bruce Heyman, called him Friday after four people were killed at the school and in a nearby homeRead More

LA LOCHE, Sask. — La Loche is a community with roots that date back before the fur trade, but in recent years its mostly aboriginal population has faced conflict between the traditional lives of trappers and modern industries like mining. Aboriginal peoples had traversed the area near the Saskatchewan-Alberta borderRead More

Ottawa, Shots rang out at a school in western Canada today, leaving four people dead and several others critically injured in the nation’s worst such shooting in a quarter of a century. Prime Minster Justin Trudeau held a news conference in Davos, Switzerland, where he was attending the World EconomicRead More

DAVOS, Switzerland — At a meeting that is four-fifths men, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to talk about gender parity today at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. His presence on a panel with Melinda Gates and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg stems from theRead More

Toronto, Uber has received a brokerage licence from the City of Toronto however drivers on its UberX platform will continue to operate in apparent contravention of city bylaws for now. Uber applied for a brokerage licence for its Uber Taxi platform in May, however it did not seek to licenceRead More

OTTAWA — The massive free trade pact between Canada and the European Union will, for the most part, be a done deal in one year even if it is not fully ratified, says Europe’s top envoy. Marie-Anne Coninsx, the EU ambassador to Canada, said the final text of the comprehensiveRead More

CALGARY — Low oil prices are hammering Canada’s resource economy but drivers aren’t seeing the silver lining of equally low prices at the pump. In its latest monetary policy report this week, the Bank of Canada pointed out that oil prices have dropped about 75 per cent from their peakRead More

DAVOS, Switzerland — A new prime minister and a new Canada. That’s the message Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered when he made his entrance at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum as part of his goal to rebrand Canada on the world stage. Trudeau sought to use hisRead More