Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - Two scientists say defining the biodiversity of a forest by the age of the trees is an oversimplification because it does not take into account the richness of the species in a forest, but...

FREDERICTON - A Fredericton man accused of fatally shooting four people in the city last August is one step closer to a possible trial. Matthew Raymond is charged with four counts of first-degree murd...

TORONTO - Award-winning poet and novelist Patrick Lane has died at age 79. Publisher McClelland & Stewart made the announcement Thursday evening, calling Lane “one of Canada’s most ren...

MONTREAL - An independent review commissioned following complaints of sexual misconduct at Concordia University has uncovered an “unhealthy” climate in the school’s English departmen...

OTTAWA - The country’s top public servant received profanity-laced social-media messages calling him “garbage,” a “traitor,” a “loser” and a “liar”...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government tabled its 2019-20 budget on Thursday. Here’s an idea of who will be happy and who might not be pleased. WINNERS: - Families and b...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government introduced its 2019-2020 budget on Thursday. Here are some of the highlights: - The provincial sales tax is to drop to seven per cent fr...

OTTAWA - The government of Canada is once again trying to offload billions of dollars worth of Crown land next to Parliament Hill that has remained virtually empty since the 1960s. The National Capita...

VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says the appointment of a retired Supreme Court of Canada chief justice to investigate allegations of spending abuses at British Columbia’s legislature ensures the...

OTTAWA - The government of Canada is once again trying to offload billions of dollars worth of Crown land next to Parliament Hill that has remained virtually empty since the 1960s. The National Capita...