EDMONTON — Alberta’s energy regulator is making changes that it hopes will keep bad operators out of the oilpatch. Jim Ellis of the Alberta Energy Regulator…

OTTAWA — Dominic LeBlanc has been diagnosed with leukemia, but says he’s confident that won’t get in the way of his work as federal fisheries minister.…

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is providing financial assistance to ranchers who suffered uninsurable losses when their grazing land was damaged by wildfires earlier this…

OTTAWA — Civil libertarians and Muslim groups say minorities will face more border hassles under planned new procedures for preclearing travellers to enter the United…

REGINA — Vehicles displaying Alberta licence plates will no longer be allowed on highways and infrastructure job sites in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan contractors aren’t allowed on Alberta…

OTTAWA — Canadians in the Middle East were being urged to exercise caution ahead of planned protests against the Trump administration’s announcement it will recognize…

TORONTO — Ontario’s auditor general says teachers and other school board employees are taking more sick days — an average of nearly 12 last year.…

OTTAWA — Industry sources say the Trudeau government is preparing to push back the expected delivery date of a new fighter jet to replace Canada’s…

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada stuck with its trend-setting interest rate Wednesday — but it offered fresh, yet cautious, warnings to Canadians that increases are likely on the way. The central…

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says the next federal budget will include more money for First Nations child welfare services on reserves, but she…

VANCOUVER — A legal advocacy group says British Columbia is falling short of meeting targets set by the United Nations on women’s rights. The report…

TORONTO — Waste management authorities have ruled out one part of northern Ontario as a suitable site for a bunker to store used, but highly…

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier has won an interim injunction blocking media from reporting on court documents in a St. John’s murder…

TORONTO — Long waits for a key cancer diagnosis procedure, underuse of radiation therapy and expensive trips to the United States for stem cell transplants are some of…

TORONTO — Ontario’s auditor general released her annual report on Wednesday, shining a spotlight on energy, health care and school boards among other areas. Here…

TORONTO — Ontario electricity ratepayers are paying millions for power generators’ ineligible expenses — including scuba gear and raccoon traps — and are footing the…

MONTREAL — Bouquets of red, pink and white roses were laid outside Ecole polytechnique on Wednesday at the foot of a plaque bearing the names…

WHITEHORSE — The office of Canada’s auditor general says the Yukon government isn’t doing enough to combat climate change. A report released Tuesday points to…

MONTREAL — The tenure of Montreal’s police chief could be coming to an abrupt end. Radio-Canada says a report expected to be released today on the…

GUANGZHOU, China — The world is at a “pivot point” and will fail unless countries embrace free trade and elevate their citizens who have been…

GUANGZHOU, China — An American diplomat says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet later this month to discuss…

VANCOUVER — David Brown’s marijuana marketing students are often shocked to learn how difficult it is to — well — market marijuana. Advertising medical cannabis is essentially…

OTTAWA — Canada’s ambassador for climate change has resigned from the position due to the sudden death of her husband. Jennifer MacIntyre was appointed to…

EDMONTON — The Alberta NDP caucus wants the Speaker of the legislature to investigate whether United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney broke rules with a video…

EDMONTON — The mother of a girl who died from injuries while in the care of relatives who had taken over as legal guardians from…

VICTORIA — More inspectors at some casinos and tighter checks on gamblers with deep pockets have been ordered by the British Columbia government as it aims to prevent money laundering.…

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government has introduced amendments to legislation that would allow landlords to decide on tenants’ marijuana use inside rental units. The Residential Tenancies Amendment…

EDMONTON — Former Alberta premier Dave Hancock has been named a provincial court judge. Hancock, 62, is to serve on the bench adjudicating family and youth matters in Edmonton.…

VANCOUVER — British Columbia has become the latest province to lay out its plan for regulating recreational marijuana, announcing that pot sales will be allowed through both public…

OTTAWA — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says getting China into Canada’s international alliance to wean the world off coal power would be a huge win, but the…

QUEBEC — Cannabis shouldn’t be sold near schools or in underprivileged areas, the president of the organization that represents Quebec’s municipalities said Tuesday. It will be…

REGINA — Saskatchewan’s only drug-testing laboratory says a computer coding error resulted in doctors getting incorrect reports about two drugs that their patients were using.  Patrick O’Byrne, executive…

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard bemoaned the dearth of qualified labour in the province Tuesday, saying the problem is more glaring than any dangers posed by possible…

MONTREAL — Gabrielle Bouchard, the first trans woman to lead Quebec’s main women’s advocacy federation, says her detractors are guilty of trickle-down feminism. As long as white, privileged…

OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget office says efforts to eliminate sexism from the Indian Act — which in some cases continues to allow fathers, but not…

WASHINGTON — A number of pro-trade American lawmakers had lunch with Donald Trump on Tuesday as they ramped up the political campaign to prevent him from blowing…

British Columbia and Manitoba are the latest provinces to outline their plans for the sale of marijuana with legalization looming July 1. Here is a…

OTTAWA — A contrite-sounding Kent Hehr publicly apologized Tuesday to a group of thalidomide survivors who accused the disabilities minister of belittling them and their cause as…

WINNIPEG — Manitoba plans to set 19 as the minimum age to buy and use recreational marijuana once it’s legalized in July, but people would not be allowed…

TORONTO — An NDP member of the Ontario legislature wants to enshrine the name of late Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie in a law creating the…

The setting must have looked familiar to Justin Trudeau as he returned to a gleaming state guesthouse in Beijing for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, his second visit in…

TORONTO — A natural gas plant in Brampton, Ont., “gamed” the system and ratepayers out of approximately $100 million, a regulatory investigation found — and it’s…

CALGARY — Alberta is setting aside close to $1.4 billion from climate levies to help industry reduce carbon emissions. The government said the funding, spread…

OTTAWA — Being a good listener and ensuring people know that they’ve been heard are keys to earning public confidence as a judge, Supreme Court…

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Dec. 5 ——— CANADIAN ANTI-DOPING ADVOCATE COMMENDS IOC’S RUSSIAN CRACKDOWN: Beckie Scott says she’s encouraged by the International Olympic…

OTTAWA — The federal government sought to keep its multibillion-dollar plan to build new warships for the navy from capsizing on Tuesday by shooting down…

TORONTO — Ontario is cracking down on what it calls rampant auto insurance fraud, saying it will lead to rate cuts for the province’s 10 million drivers.…

VANCOUVER — The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ordered protesters in a south Vancouver neighbourhood to stop interfering with efforts to build temporary modular…

OTTAWA — A rare medal awarded to a Canadian soldier for extreme bravery at the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 will be staying in Canada…

FREDERICTON — An Opposition member of the New Brunswick legislature is taking a break from her job after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Dorothy Shephard,…

WASHINGTON — As its trail of arrests gets closer to U.S. President Donald Trump, the Russia investigation is facing a multi-front assault. The attacks have ramped…

TORONTO — Ontario’s auditor general is set to release her annual report Wednesday, with several sections looking at the province’s health-care sector. Bonnie Lysyk’s report…

OTTAWA — Ahead of its July deadline for legalizing recreational marijuana use in Canada, the federal government has launched a campaign warning of the risks…

BEIJING — Pursuing free trade with China and preserving the North American Free Trade Agreement are part of Canada’s international mission to combat the rising…

OTTAWA — Canada’s softwood lumber exports to the U.S. have fallen since the Americans imposed new duties earlier this year, but thanks to near-record wood prices the…

TORONTO — For the owner of Uncle Ike’s, one of the biggest marijuana shops in Seattle, the teenagers who come through his legal storefront to score weed…

OTTAWA — MPs chastised an Equifax Canada executive Monday for not doing more to make amends to thousands of Canadians whose personal information was compromised by hackers.…

OTTAWA — A Liberal member of Parliament from Quebec says a Conservative MP made comments towards her that were “humiliating” and “sexual in nature” during an event…

OTTAWA — A group of veterans vowed to keep fighting the federal government Monday after the B.C. Court of Appeal rejected their landmark legal effort to…

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is willing to give provinces and territories a bigger share of the revenue from a federal excise tax on cannabis, provided that the…

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott has officially been given responsibility for overseeing the delivery of First Nations and Inuit health services. The federal…

MONTREAL — The Quebec government released details Monday on how it plans to spend $36.4 million over five years to help the province’s struggling print media. Print…

CALGARY — Kinder Morgan Canada and Burnaby, B.C., clashed in a National Energy Board’s hearing room Monday over the fate of local permitting for the controversial Trans…

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government has introduced a climate-change strategy that inches toward a price on carbon emissions, but leaves large parts of its economy untouched. And it…

MONTREAL — The federal transport minister offered reassurances Monday a new Montreal bridge will be safe despite a published report that some 2,000 defects have been found in parts manufactured by a Spanish company. “It’s in good hands,”…

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Public Utilities Board is giving a green light to rate increases for basic compulsory vehicle premiums, and is also recommending the…

EDMONTON — Alberta has introduced new rules to try to keep third parties from end-running or abusing political fundraising rules. “Big money should have no…

VICTORIA — A former Liberal cabinet minister and an Indigenous leader have been appointed to lead an independent review of British Columbia’s response to this year’s wildfire and flood disasters…

CALGARY — The Alberta Party has extended its leadership race by almost three weeks to provide potential candidates with more time to build their campaigns…

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Dec. 4 ——— CANADA, CHINA DELAY LAUNCH OF TRADE TALKS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau concluded talks with the Chinese…

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The Supreme Court of Canada will be asked Tuesday to reopen a notoriously lopsided 1969 deal that has so far generated more than $27.5 billion for Hydro-Quebec, versus…

TORONTO — The Ontario government says it is increasing its spending on bike lanes across the province. Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca says the province is…

HALIFAX — A heart-rending case involving a Halifax-area boy has triggered new calls for a national strategy to help families with children who can become violently aggressive because…

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed new senators for Nova Scotia and Manitoba. Mary Coyle, a champion of women’s leadership, gender equality and the…

TORONTO — Politicians in Toronto will be scrutinizing proposed rules for short-term rentals this week that could spell major changes for those who offer secondary residences…

HALIFAX — The group representing Nova Scotia doctors has confirmed they are taking the province to court over unresolved contract issues. Doctors Nova Scotia sent copies of its…

A grieving mother, clutching a feather gifted to her by an elder, wiped back tears on Monday as she recounted the torment of losing her daughter —…

TORONTO — From texting a local dealer to dropping into a neighbourhood dispensary or ordering online, Canada’s black market for recreational marijuana has seen significant…

QUEBEC — Powerful women who rise to the top level of Quebec provincial politics are not spared from sexual misconduct and harassment, The Canadian Press…

OTTAWA — Canada’s top general says he is not in a rush to start sending Canadian peacekeepers out the door, and he indicated that money…

QUEBEC — In a rare show of political unity, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard was joined by his political opponents as he attended a protest in support of workers…

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government’s treatment of injured veterans will be under the spotlight Monday when a B.C. court rules whether a landmark lawsuit filed…

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are having second thoughts about a 2015 campaign promise out of concern that expanding the popular Home Buyers’ Plan would throw fuel on overheated housing…

OTTAWA — The vast majority of Canadians favours a total ban on guns in urban areas, a new poll suggests. According to the poll, conducted by Ekos…

MONTREAL — A Sri Lankan family in Montreal that is set to be deported tonight is hoping for a last-minute reprieve from Ottawa. The Lawrence…

Davida Marantz got an unwelcome surprise when she got out of hospital in 2014 and went to pick up her beloved Sheltie Libby from friends. The dog needed $4,800…

CALGARY — A world-renowned Alberta ski resort faces some legal moguls in a Calgary courtroom Monday over charges it cut down a stand of endangered trees.…

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Trans Mountain melee continues: Oral submissions continue next week as…

TORONTO — Ontario is envisioning a future in which millions of electric vehicles are on the roads, but analysts predict consumer uptake will remain far off the…

BEIJING — Smiles and warm handshakes, ceremony and splendour — all of it will be on vivid display on Monday when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang…