Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - The Ontario government is discriminating against LGBTQ students by repealing a modernized sex-education curriculum that gave teachers and children the tools needed for an inclusive classroom...

HALIFAX - A lawyer for a Halifax man who strangled an off-duty police officer argues that his mental illness - brought on by the murder - should be a mitigating factor in deciding his parole eligibili...

OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada survey reveals an “alarming” number of Canadians have driven a vehicle while high on cannabis or have been passengers in such vehicles. According to the se...

Seven stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 9 --- PM TRUDEAU STANDING FIRM ON SAUDI ARABIA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says diplomatic talks with Saudi Arabia will continue but he’s not backi...

HALIFAX - Holocaust survivor Philip Riteman, who spent 30 years speaking to young people about his experience in concentration camps and ardently urging love over hate, has died. Riteman’s obitu...

OTTAWA - Canada is willing to consider any possible measures that might reduce gun violence and organized crime, but will stay the course when it comes to border security, says the federal minister wh...

Seven stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 9 --- PM TRUDEAU STANDING FIRM ON SAUDI ARABIA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says diplomatic talks with Saudi Arabia will continue but he’s not backi...

HELENA, Mont. - “Superman” actress Margot Kidder’s death has been ruled a suicide, and her daughter said Wednesday it’s a relief to finally have the truth out. Kidder, who was ...

TORONTO - A basic income pilot project aimed at reducing poverty in Ontario is failing and many of the participants have dropped out, the province’s Progressive Conservative government said Wedn...

REGINA - Saskatchewan’s top court has ordered a new trial for a man and woman convicted of conspiracy to murder their spouses. Three Court of Appeal judges unanimously agreed that a trial judge ...