Trudeau’s meeting with Trump to be a test of charm and mettle
Trade is likely to top the agenda when Justin Trudeau meets Donald Trump for the first time on Monday, with…
Rail oil transport risks remain, 12 months after Quebec disaster
A long train brimming with crude from one of North America's burgeoning shale oil fields derailed and exploded on July…
Runaway train rips heart out of Quebec town
Maude Verreault owes her life to a cigarette. The 36-year-old waitress at Musi-Cafe restaurant in central Lac-Megantic was taking a…
Police foil “al-Qaeda” inspired Canada Day bomb plot
Canadian authorities charged two people Tuesday in an "al-Qaeda-inspired" plot to bomb Canada Day celebrations at the provincial legislature in…
Canada’s ice road to diamonds
A late March blizzard has finished blowing over much of Canada’s Northwest Territories and Ron Near’s job just got more…
Dreams made of diamonds
Matevos Harutyunyan has to fly across Canada from Yellowknife, the capital of Northwest Territories, to Montreal to do what he…
Sweet victory for Canadian police: maple syrup thieves caught
The largest known heist ever of sweet and expensive maple syrup oozed a step closer to solution on Tuesday as…
Remembering my fallen colleagues
On November 11, 2001, I survived an ambush that killed three of my colleagues. Johanne Sutton, Pierre Billaud and Volker…
Sisters in arms
Lt. Chantal Tétreault stood in the crew commander’s hatch of her Bison light armoured vehicle surveying the dusty road ahead.…
Clinging to life in Darfur
Hawa Bashi was sure that her son, Hari, would die soon. An emaciated two-year-old with the resigned gaze of a…