Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Canada’s chief electoral officer says there’s not much his independent agency can do to counter fake news circulated about a candidate in the midst of an election. Stephane Perrau...

VANCOUVER - The RCMP say they are investigating an alleged assault at an elite athletics club that trains minor hockey players in North Vancouver. The Mounties said in a statement Thursday they receiv...

MONTREAL - A Montreal man accused of killing his ailing wife had a “disturbed” state of mind at the time of her death, a psychologist testified Thursday. Michel Parisien, the final defence...

MONTREAL - The Crown has withdrawn a charge of obstructing a peace officer against an aspiring Bloc Quebecois candidate who confronted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a public event last summer. Matt...

SAANICH, B.C. - Scientists say the carcass of a large, bluntnose sixgill shark that washed onto a Vancouver Island beach north of Victoria earlier this week is a great reminder that there are about 12...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland town is being tormented by the unbearable smell of seafood sauce left to ferment in large vats when a factory was abandoned more than a decade ago. The owner ab...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s mental health and addictions minister has joined health officials to call for a safer drug supply to fight the rising overdose death toll while urging the federal g...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Patterns of use on electronic devices in Richard Oland’s office are being scrutinized by Crown prosecutors in an attempt to pinpoint what time the multi-millionaire was bludge...

OTTAWA - “Mr. Speaker, the facts speak for themselves. This is the Conservative position on parents and grandparents. The Conservatives described parents and grandparents as a "burden" on the fe...

SHIPPAGAN, N.B. - Ottawa has announced measures aimed at protecting North Atlantic right whales, finessing rules that officials say helped prevent any known deaths of the endangered mammals last year ...