Category Archives: Canada

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, May 7 --- UN REPORT HAS MESSAGE FOR CANADA: CO-AUTHOR A UN report that concludes a million species are threatened with extinction and that "fundamental,...

Five stories in the news for Thursday, May 9 --- 'YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE': INSIDE THE NORMAN COURTROOM Vice-Admiral Mark Norman had walked up to the entrance of the Ottawa courthouse dozens o...

MONTREAL - A Quebec high school French exam question that asked students about adapting to climate change has drawn a torrent of online criticism, as teens used memes and videos to...

OTTAWA - Canada has used a major World Trade Organization gathering to demand China deliver evidence that Canadian canola is contaminated. Stephen de Boer, the Canadian ambassador to the world's leadi...

The two renowned academics whose work served as the intellectual justification for the government's secularism bill came out fiercely against the proposed legislation as hearings began Tuesd...

OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada's newest MP says the spring floods in eastern Canada contributed to his win in Monday's byelection on Vancouver Island. The connection: concerns about...

CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal is to hear arguments today from lawyers for a man sentenced to life in prison for killing a couple and their grandson. Douglas Garland is appealing his&...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Police Service says Supreme Court of Canada Justice Clement Gascon has gone missing. Police say Gascon, who is 59, was last seen Wednesday afternoon in the city. Investigators...

OTTAWA - Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says the military has missed Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and that the two of them will discuss Norman's return to active duty as soon as possible. The comment i...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is disputing claims that a bill to end solitary confinement in Canada's prisons is merely "linguistic trickery" that maintains the practice under a d...