BEIJING — Stephen Harper and Chinese officials signed a flurry of trade and currency deals on Saturday worth as much as $2.5 billion while tensions seemingly lingered between the two countries about the detention of a Canadian couple accused of espionage. The prime minister raised his concerns about the three-monthRead More

Ottawa,The number of Canadian jobs climbed in October for the second straight month, breaking the economy out of a pattern of alternating gains and losses for the first time in nearly two years. In doing so, Statistics Canada said the unemployment rate also dropped for the second month in aRead More

EDMONTON — A passenger who was on an Air Canada Express flight that made an emergency landing in Edmonton knew something was wrong when he heard an explosion as the plane took off from Calgary. “There was a loud explosion and then we took off and it was like bump,Read More

TORONTO — Criminal defence lawyers are dismayed that Immigration Minister Chris Alexander publicly branded a man charged with killing his wife a murderer before his trial. Alexander brought up the case of Nasira Fazli this week as he talked publicly about the need for legislation to crack down on so-calledRead More

HANGZHOU, China — Chinese e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba hopes to sell 200,000 Canadian lobsters next week, its founder declared Friday — one dividend of Stephen Harper’s ongoing effort to cultivate “pretty important” economic ties between the two countries. Jack Ma, the founder and chairman of the world’s largest mobile commerce company,Read More

Toronto, A so-called “grassroots movement” urging Doug Ford to run for the leadership of the provincial Progressive party has begun with the rollout of a slick website and a pair of social media accounts. It is not immediately clear who is behind the campaign, but in a press release sentRead More

Toronto,  Legislation aimed at curbing “barbaric” cultural practices from occurring in Canada would be introduced on Wednesday, Citizenship Minister Chris Alexander has announced. Although he refused to provide details, Alexander said the legislation would also take aim at “honour-based” violence against girls and women. “We intend sending a very clear messageRead More

Ottawa, Canadian food banks are wading into the hot political debate over how best the federal government can help families with kids: give them tax breaks, as the Conservatives are doing, or invest in regulated child care, as the NDP proposes. In its annual HungerCount report, Food Banks Canada comes downRead More

TORONTO – Premier Kathleen Wynne wants to make sure enforcement of rules governing sexual harassment in the workplace is adequate in the wake of allegations surrounding ex-CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi. Wynne says the issue of protecting people from sexual harassment at work isn’t new and is only top ofRead More

Toronto, Canada is following in Australia’s footsteps and has closed its doors, effectively immediately, to people from the West African countries battling Ebola. In a move that puts Canada at odds with the World Health Organization, the federal government said Friday it is suspending the issuance of visas for residents andRead More