Josh Donaldson tied the game with a home run in the seventh, and then singled home the go-ahead run in the three-run eighth and the Toronto Blue Jays ended the Cleveland Indians' club-record winning streak at 14 with a 9-6 win Saturday.
Indians (...)
Jack Layton, a folksy and charismatic political leader who guided his party to become the dominant opposition group in Canada's Parliament while battling severe health problems, died Monday of cancer. He was 61, according to AP.
Layton hobbled (...)
Twelve people were killed when a First Air jet crashed near Resolute Bay in the far north of the Canadian Arctic, but three people survived, the airline said on Saturday.
First Air, which flies to some of Canada's most remote communities, said the (...)
Akhir 11, 1432 H/March 16, 2011, SPA -- Canada's earthquake reporting center said a 4.7-magnitude earthquake has struck east-central Canada, according to AP.
Earthquakes Canada said Wednesday the temblor was detected in the Lachute, Quebec, region (...)
Awwal 13, 1432 H/Feb 16, 2011, SPA -- The Canadian prime minister's office confirms Prince William and Kate Middleton will be traveling to Canada this summer on their first official trip as a married couple.
The Governor General of Canada, David (...)
Awwal 02, 1432 H/Feb 05, 2011, SPA -- A union representing nearly 2,100 employees of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canada's second largest railroad, has reached a tentative labor agreement that averts a strike planned for Tuesday.
Canadian Pacific (...)
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will travel to Washington this Friday to meet with President Barack Obama.
Harper spokesman Dimitri Soudas said Tuesday in a short statement that the «discussion will focus on the important bilateral (...)
Canada is tightening mortgage rules over concerns Canadians are taking on too much debt, according to AP.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Monday the maximum amortization period for government-insured mortgages will be shortened to 30 years from (...)
Qa'dah 25, 1431, Nov 02, 2010, SPA -- Saudi Cultural Attaché in Canada, Dr. Faisal Al-Muhanna Aba Al-Khail opened here on Monday the 1st Forum for Saudi Students on Scholarships in Canada.
In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Dr. Aba (...)
Canada's economy lost 6,600 jobs in September for the second time in three months, even though the unemployment rate edged down one-tenth of a point to 8 percent.
Statistics Canada said Friday the unemployment rate fell because fewer workers, (...)
Saudi Cultural Attaché Office in Canada held a ceremony on Thursday on the 80th anniversary of National Day of Saudi Arabia.
The ceremony was attended by Saudi Cultural Attaché, Dr. Faisal Aba Al-Khail, Director of Cultural Affairs Department Dr. (...)
Three Indian ministers will visit Canada this month to boost economic ties between the two countries, which signed nuclear, mining and other deals during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to
Toronto in June this year.
Union Power Minister (...)
One of Canada's top foreign policy priorities will be to work with other countries to resolve differences over Arctic border disputes, AP quoted Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon as saying Friday.
Cannon released a new Arctic policy statement that (...)
Canada has identified India as a
priority market in its global commerce strategy and committed
to increase its bilateral trade with the country to $15 billion by 2015.
"Canada would like to take economic relationship with
India to a new level in (...)
Canada lost 139,000 full-time jobs in July and the unemployment rate edged up to 8 percent, according to AP.
Statistics Canada said Friday the country lost a total of 9,300 jobs last month. The loss in full time jobs was partly offset by a gain of (...)
Canada's strong economic recovery lost steam in July as the country dropped 139,000 full-time jobs and the unemployment rate edged up to 8 percent.
Statistics Canada said Friday the country lost a total of 9,300 jobs last month, AP (...)
The Canadian government said today it will spend $8.5 billion to purchase a new wave of fighter jets from U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin.
The deal to purchase 65 F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter jets marks one of the biggest military (...)
A well-educated legal scholar will be Canada's new representative of Queen Elizabeth II to replace current Governor General Michaelle Jean, AP cited the prime minister as saying today.
Conservative leader Stephen Harper said University of Waterloo (...)
Canadians celebrated the 143rd birthday of their country today with a special guest: Queen Elizabeth II, Canada's symbolic head of state, according to AP.
Welcomed with a 21-gun salute, marching band playing Canada's national anthem and «God Save (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud left Toronto after a visit to Canada during which the King participated in G20 Summit.
At Pearson International Airport, the King was seen off by Saudi Ambassador to Canada (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, has received at his residence in Toronto, Saudi Cultural Attaché in Canada Dr. Faisal bin Mohammed Al-Muhanna and a group of students on scholarships in Canada.
The King (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud highlighted the success of G20 Summit in its response to the global financial crisis, including the measures taken to make the world avoid falling into recession; but the (...)
India and Canada on Monday signed
a landmark civil nuclear deal with Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh assuring that imported uranium and atomic
technology will not be used for "any unintended purpose."
Singh said the nuclear cooperation pact (...)
India and Japan on Monday
began crucial talks to clinch a deal to cooperate in the
civilian nuclear energy that would allow sales of advanced
technology by Japanese majors like Mitsubishi and Hitachi.
Japan has so far been aloof to nuclear (...)
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper received here on Saturday evening the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud and other leaders of the Economic Group of Twenty (G20).
Later, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (...)