Category Archives: Canada

REGINA - The judge deciding the fate of a truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash is a passionate former Crown prosecutor who once worked as a conservation officer and played on a bo...

OTTAWA - The federal government says more families than expected are taking advantage of the new ability to extend a year’s worth of parental leave benefits over 18 months. Since the extension w...

The college bribery scandal is spurring discussion about the ways in which money greases the wheels of the U.S. admissions process - and while most acknowledge there are fewer shortcuts to securing a ...

TORONTO - There was no winning ticket for the $20 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for ...

VANCOUVER - A book about surviving in the outdoors has been returned to a B.C. library branch more than four decades after it was checked out. The book, “Wilderness Living: A Complete Handbook a...

QUEBEC - A little more than two years after their own community came under attack, Muslims in Quebec City said they were in shock over the mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques Friday that claimed...

OTTAWA - A senior government official says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to shuffle the federal cabinet on Monday. This will be the third time the prime minister switches up his roster thi...

VANCOUVER - The last words Sukhwinder Singh Mithu remembers from his wife were a plea to her killers. “Don’t hurt my Mithu. Don’t hit him,” he recalls Jaswinder (Jassi) Kaur Si...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government will be getting advice on education reform from a consultant who recently prompted Nova Scotia to eliminate elected school boards and make other sweeping changes. Av...

OTTAWA - In midsummer 2018, while many Canadians were enjoying cold drinks on a hot day, a group of migrant farm labourers in Southern Ontario made a desperate phone call. The workers had been recruit...