Edmonton, Former Wildrose MLA-turned Tory Rob Anderson will not be running in the next provincial election.   Anderson used social media late Monday night to make the announcement, tweeting a link to his Facebook page where he posted a letter explaining his decision.   The Airdrie MLA was among eightRead More

WINNIPEG – The next Manitoba election will be April 19, 2016, Elections Manitoba confirmed Monday morning. The set election date under provincial law was Oct. 6, but with the fixed election date for the next federal vote set as Oct. 19, the Elections Amendment Act moves the provincial election toRead More

Toronto, As host to a major international sporting event in 2015, Toronto — the city that other Canadian cities love to hate — has been named the top Canadian destination to visit this year. The reason Toronto was chosen as the top Canadian city in 2015 goes beyond the factRead More

Toronot, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says she received no specific commitments from Prime Minister Stephen Harper at their first face-to-face meeting in more than a year. The Conservative prime minister had last met with the Liberal premier on Dec. 5, 2013, and Wynne had embarked on a public campaign urging HarperRead More

Ottawa, Resolving to become a Canadian citizen in 2015? It’s going to be more expensive. For the second time in a year, the Conservative government has hiked the fee it charges to make someone a citizen. The new price for processing citizenship documents has been set at $530 as of Jan.Read More

Calgary, A shooting at a New Year’s Eve house party has left one person dead and six wounded in Calgary. Police have not named the man who succumbed to his injuries in hospital Thursday afternoon. However, a family member told CTV Calgary earlier in the day that Abdullahi Ahmed wasRead More

VANCOUVER — A B.C. nurse practitioner who was being tested for Ebola will be reunited with her family on Friday after health care workers confirmed she does not have the virus. Patrice Gordon of Rossland, B.C., travelled to Sierra Leone in November to provide medical care to people suffering fromRead More

Canadians accustomed to illegally downloading copyrighted material without facing consequences could be in for a shock this year. The final piece of the federal Copyright Modernization Act took effect on Jan. 1, requiring Internet service providers (ISPs) and website hosts to relay letters from copyright holders to customers associated withRead More

Ottawa, An Indian woman with permanent resident status in Canada, and who is trying to bring her three-year-old son here, admits she didn’t disclose she had a child before her arrival in Ottawa, but disputes the assertion she had agreed to keep him in India. Citizenship and Immigration Canada saidRead More

Montreal: Two airplanes belonging to Canada’s Porter Airlines had to make emergency landings on Sunday after smoke appeared in their cabins, the company said. A flight leaving Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport was diverted to suburban Toronto Pearson Airport soon after take off “when the crew detected smoke inside the aircraft”Read More