Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford took the unprecedented step Monday of invoking a rarely used charter provision known as the notwithstanding clause to push ahead with his plan to slash the size of ...

TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says movements such as Me Too play a role in changing a workplace culture that often keeps women from top-level positions. Speaking at a women’s summit in...

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - U.S. officials say a Kitchener, Ont., woman was arrested after allegedly assaulting a border officer at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The U.S. Attorney’s Office...

OTTAWA - The pressure on the Liberals to loosen protections around Canada’s dairy sector took new focus on Sunday as the key stumbling block in North American Free Trade Agreement talks came und...

They call it “the red zone”: the first weeks of the school year when researchers say sexual violence spikes on campus. Students, particularly those in their first year, face a heightened r...

OTTAWA - Stephen Forsey always went big, once even cooking everything in the family fridge for his daughter’s birthday party that had 10 people. Family always came first for Forsey, and many of ...

TORONTO - Stage, screen and film star Viola Davis says now that she’s achieved a level of success, she’s focused on achieving “significance.” “You get a certain amount of...

VANCOUVER - Some First Nations and Metis communities are determined to purchase an equity stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion despite a court ruling that halted construction and potentially...

MONTREAL - Insults flew between candidates on the Quebec campaign trail Sunday as verbal sparring between Francois Legault and Philippe Couillard overshadowed announcements on health care, culture and...

OTTAWA - New Democrat Kennedy Stewart has continued to collect his MP’s salary while campaigning for mayor of Vancouver. Stewart says he will officially resign his House of Commons seat on Sept....