Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - When a man on a late-night flight collapsed and lay lifeless on the floor, it was an elected member of Parliament who saved his life. Todd Doherty was recognized this week for his swift actio...

MONTREAL - Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault took the Couillard Liberals to task Thursday after a leaked report showed a $4-billion Green Fund aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions ...

OXFORD, N.S. - As residents of a small Nova Scotia town gathered Thursday for a public information session about what created a large and active sinkhole near a busy Tim Hortons, a geologist suggested...

TORONTO - The man who went on a deadly shooting rampage before killing himself in Toronto’s Greektown this summer was an emotionally disturbed loner and did not appear to act out of any particul...

OTTAWA - The House of Commons unanimously adopted a motion Thursday to recognize the crimes against the Rohingya as a genocide. The motion, put forward by Liberal MP Andrew Leslie, also endorsed the f...

OTTAWA - Canada has joined a global alliance trying to rid the world’s oceans of millions of tonnes of old fishing nets. Canada is the 13th nation to join World Animal Protection’s Global ...

OTTAWA - MPs could soon delve into the question of whether it is appropriate for a politician to use the Constitution’s contentious notwithstanding clause to override a court’s decision. N...

VANCOUVER - A quarter of people living in long-term care homes in British Columbia are receiving antipsychotic medication without a supporting diagnosis even though they have lower rates of psychiatri...

OTTAWA - Rural and suburban postal workers across Canada celebrated Thursday after an arbitrator ordered Canada Post to pay them more - much more - as part of a long-awaited pay equity decision. For a...

TORONTO - Canada’s top court has paved the way for a pair of separate civil lawsuits to proceed by affirming earlier rulings that two men alleging police assaulted them were justified in waiting...