HALIFAX — The Royal Canadian Navy officially retired one of its warships today in Halifax. The destroyer HMCS Iroquois served the navy for nearly 43 years.
WASHINGTON — Canada and the United States are announcing wide-ranging, new rail-safety standards with the aim of avoiding disasters like the one that devastated Lac-Megantic, Que., in 2013
QUEBEC — Sentencing arguments are underway in Quebec City in the fraud case of former lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault. The 76-year-old pleaded guilty last December to fraud and breach of trust.
The latest financial reports filed with Elections Canada show the governing Conservatives raked in $6.3 million in the first three months of 2015 — up almost $1.7 million over the same period last year.
The days when getting your road paved in P.E.I. meant voting for the right politician might be gone, but Green Leader Peter Bevan-Baker says political connections still pose an obstacle for third parties trying to make a breakthrough in Monday's election.
EDMONTON — Premier Jim Prentice is ratcheting up warnings of a NDP-governed Alberta, bringing federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair into the fray and saying the party has a "fundamental distrust of business."