Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The criminal law at the heart of the SNC-Lavalin saga dogging the federal Liberals has led to charges in just seven cases in 20 years, leading some to call for a review of the legislation and...

WEYBURN, Sask. - A growing number of Saskatchewan politicians are calling on city councillors who decided against a proposed group home for the disabled to change their minds. Premier Scott Moe, Socia...

OTTAWA - A $200-million component of the settlement for abuses at federally run schools for Indigenous children should help address the long-term pain of male survivors, Crown-Indigenous Relations Min...

HALIFAX - Twenty years ago, only 30 per cent of Nova Scotia’s Mi’kmaq students were graduating from high school. Today, that number stands at 90 per cent - the highest on-reserve graduatio...

MONTREAL - People who were trapped for hours on a Montreal highway following a massive 2017 snowstorm will each receive up to $1,375 from the province, lawyers for the stranded motorists announced Thu...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Crown prosecutor says a Newfoundland man murdered his five-year-old daughter in a calculated plan to inflict suffering on her mother, his estranged wife. A St. John’s,...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government’s fourth budget will include measures to help Canadians cover their bills if they choose to head back to school to boost their skills or change careers, F...

MONTREAL - Canada’s largest airline was inundated with calls as travellers scrambled to rebook flights after Ottawa joined dozens of countries in grounding the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft Wednesda...

VANCOUVER - An RCMP officer in Vancouver is accused of performing indecent acts while off duty near a private all-girls school in the city. Vancouver police say the man was arrested Tuesday and has si...

OTTAWA - After initially refusing, Netflix has agreed to remove images of the 2013 Lac-Megantic disaster from its blockbuster film, “Bird Box.” “Netflix and the filmmakers of ‘...