Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Workers with Quebec's forest fire agency have voted 99 per cent in favour of a strike mandate as the summer wildfire season approaches. The Unifor union, which represents provincial fire se...

TORONTO - Police say an alleged trespasser at Drake's Toronto home was sent to hospital with serious injuries after getting into an altercation with security guards. It's the second reported trespasse...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Immigration ministers to talk temporary visa cap Federal and provincial ministe...

WINNIPEG - A judge is expected to hear from a police officer who led the search of a Winnipeg landfill for the partial remains of a victim of admitted serial killer Jeremy Skibicki. Police cordoned of...

OTTAWA - Federal and provincial ministers are meeting in Montreal Friday to hash out how to shrink the number of temporary residents in Canada. Immigration Minister Marc Miller is expected to meet wit...

Toronto's bid to decriminalize the possession of illegal drugs for personal use has been plunged into uncertainty in recent days, as drug policy experts suggest political debates over British Columbia...

CALGARY - A pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Calgary ended late Thursday after police in riot gear surrounded the site, dismantled fencing and ordered demonstrators to leave. Video posted ...

The National Post is reporting that Rex Murphy, the pundit and columnist who hosted a national call-in radio show for decades, has died. The newspaper, where he worked as a columnist, says in an obitu...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man has admitted to killing four women but claims he's not criminally responsible because of mental illness. Jeremy Skibicki, 37, has pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-d...

VICTORIA - British Columbia is forming a specialized gang-related homicide investigation team, saying gangland murders now make up almost 50 per cent of the killings in the province. Data from the Min...