Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - British Columbia launched a proposed class-action lawsuit Wednesday against dozens of pharmaceutical companies, alleging they falsely marketed opioids as less addictive than other pain dru...

HALIFAX - Government experts have raised environmental concerns over a proposal to open Canada’s only commercial spaceport near the small community of Canso, N.S. Documents released by the provi...

MONTREAL - Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard warned Wednesday of “serious political consequences” if there is any further dismantling of Canada’s supply management system. Asked on t...

TORONTO - Shawn Mendes pocketed four awards and stole the hearts of countless screaming teenagers at the iHeartRadio MMVAs on Sunday. The Pickering, Ont.-raised singer was the recurring star of the To...

HALIFAX - Political outrage is building over Veterans Affairs Canada’s decision to pay for the PTSD treatment of a Halifax man who murdered an off-duty police officer and used a compost bin to d...

WASHINGTON - The fresh round of U.S.-Canada negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement generated hopeful signals from both camps Wednesday that a deal could be struck by the end of the we...

MONTREAL - Some 20,000 Air Canada customers woke up Wednesday to learn their personal information may have been compromised after a breach in the airline’s mobile app that prompted a lockdown on...

PONTIAC, Que. - Two men were taken to hospital with serious injuries after being bitten by a dog in Pontiac, Que., about 40 kilometres northwest of Ottawa. Police said a 40-year-old man was attacked b...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Two Charlottetown motel owners accused of setting up fake addresses for Chinese immigrants to Prince Edward Island have pleaded not guilty to immigration fraud charges. Defence lawyer ...

Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 29 --- NAFTA TALKS TO BEGIN IN EARNEST TODAY: FREELAND Canada’s chief NAFTA negotiator says it will be an “important and constructive week”...