Category Archives: Canada

WHITEHORSE - Yukon New Democrat leader Liz Hanson says she’s stepping down from the position, saying the party needs someone who will bring new energy ahead of the next election. In a statement ...

OTTAWA - A bill aimed at protecting Canadians from foreign attempts to influence how they vote is facing criticism that it’s too weak to do the job. But Democratic Institutions Minister Karina G...

SASKATOON - RCMP in Saskatchewan say a man has been charged after two fake fundraising efforts for the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team were discovered. Police say a joint investigation last month ...

MONTREAL - Quebec's most prominent women's group continues to lose members after it passed a resolution last month recognizing that women can freely choose to become sex workers. The resolution approv...

TORONTO - Starting next season, Ontario Basketball will drop the term ‘midget’ from its age category classifications and instead use more standard terms currently in use at the national an...

MONTREAL - Quebec says it is ready to enact a major reform of family law following repeated calls by legal experts to ensure children of separated common-law parents are not deprived of financial supp...

OTTAWA - The $60-billion effort to build new warships for Canada’s navy has hit another snag, this time in the form of a legal challenge by one of three companies in the competition to design th...

BELLEVILLE, Ont. - A prominent anti-poverty activist who has authored several books on the Great Depression, the Second Word War and postwar austerity is critically ill in an eastern Ontario hospital....

OTTAWA - Big greenhouse-gas emitters will be able to take advantage of new federal tax incentives Finance Minister Bill Morneau promised Wednesday even if that means more emissions, the government say...

OTTAWA - The federal government is stepping in to help the struggling Canadian media industry with new tax credits and incentives valued at nearly $600 million over the next five years. “To prot...