Category Archives: Canada

QUEEN CHARLOTTE, B.C. - Booms have been placed around a grounded fishing lodge barge so contaminants that may be seeping from its hull don’t foul beaches on the east coast of Haida Gwaii. The Co...

OTTAWA - Internet service providers can recover some of the costs of helping movie companies and other copyright holders find illegal downloaders, the Supreme Court of Canada says. In a 9-0 decision F...

OTTAWA - Quebec MP Maxime Bernier says those who hold racist views toward immigration do not have a place in his new party. Bernier held a news conference Friday to unveil the name and logo of his new...

VANCOUVER - A man charged in the death of 13-year-old Marrisa Shen appeared briefly in a Vancouver courtroom Friday as dozens of supporters of the girl’s family watched from the gallery or prote...

OTTAWA - The amount households owe, relative to their income, crept higher in the second quarter, even as mortgage borrowing continued to slow, Statistics Canada said. The agency said Friday credit ma...

BOSTON - Anyone who’s ever been so furious with their boss that they feel like exacting revenge really needs to listen to Lindie Liang. Liang and her colleagues found that abusing a virtual vood...

SURREY, B.C. - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says he’s faced barriers to creating change within the party as he reflects on a shaky first year and looks toward the 2019 election. Singh wrapp...

HALIFAX - The family of a 29-year-old Nova Scotia man who was found unresponsive in a jail cell say his death could have been prevented if he was given proper treatment. Christine Barnes said Thursday...

Five stories in the news for Friday, Sept. 14 --- ONTARIO LEGISLATURE TO SIT ON SATURDAY Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government will hold a rare Saturday sitting of the legislature to spe...

TORONTO - Until recently, traffic congestion and lack of affordable housing were expected to dominate Toronto’s fall election, but now some candidates and voters are worried the fierce debate ov...