Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Canada’s ethics watchdog says he would like to have greater powers to impose penalties against cabinet ministers and public office holders who violate conflict rules, including the abil...

TORONTO - A man accused in a deadly van attack in north Toronto won’t stand trial until next year at the earliest, his lawyer said Friday after the case was put over until November. Alek Minassi...

VANCOUVER - In Vancouver’s crowded mayoral race, observers say one candidate is courting controversy and setting herself apart from others in the field. Political scientist Stewart Prest says th...

Vancouver Coastal Health is warning anyone who went to the Skookum Festival, visited Noodlebox Mount Pleasant or the Outdoor Community Block Party or used public transit in Vancouver at specific times...

OTTAWA - Canada and the United Kingdom have drawn four more U.S. states and two major American cities into their global alliance to kick the world of its coal energy habit, even as U.S. President Dona...

PORT ALICE, B.C. - A retired pulp mill worker has been identified as the victim of a mail bomb attack in the tiny village of Port Alice on Vancouver Island. The Mounties say they are investigating a t...

OTTAWA - The Canada Employment Insurance Commission says employment insurance premiums will be lower than expected in 2019. The commission says the rate will be $1.62 per $100 of insurable earnings, w...

TORONTO - There’s a moment on Norm Macdonald’s new talk show where the Canadian comic muses on what is and is not appropriate to say: “I always felt that some epithets were less abra...

VANCOUVER - Dozens of Order of Canada members from British Columbia are urging the federal government to cancel the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Bonnie Sherr Klein, Dorothy Grant, Gabor Mate and...

Police in Canada’s most populous city have changed how they respond to burglar alarms in an attempt to use officers’ time more efficiently, but the new policy has raised safety concerns am...