Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will do whatever it can to protect Torontonians from the “vindictive and destructive” actions taken by the new Ford government. Adam Vaughan, a Toro...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - An offshore oil worker fired for unauthorized drug use is getting his job back after Newfoundland and Labrador’s highest court reviewed his employer’s investigatio...

Swiss police say a Canadian wingsuit flyer has died after crashing when his parachute failed to open. Police in northeastern St. Gallen canton (state) said the 38-year-old man took off from the Hinter...

MONTREAL - Quebec’s highest court has authorized a class-action suit on behalf of men who took medication for hair loss and then allegedly suffered various problems, including erectile dysfuncti...

FREDERICTON - The Speaker of New Brunswick’s legislature is being asked to apologize and take anti-harassment and sensitivity training after a harassment investigation. The province’s Legi...

MONTREAL - Several dozen Hasidic Jews who were living in two homes in a community northwest of Montreal have left the premises following an eviction order. A spokesperson for the town of Sainte-Agathe...

TORONTO - Religious groups and anti-racism advocates say they are pleased that Toronto police have laid charges after an incident described by officers as “hate-motivated” was caught on vi...

OTTAWA - The federal government ran a surplus of $641 million in the second month of its fiscal year, helped along by a boost in tax revenues. For the first two months of the fiscal year, the governme...

TORONTO - Doug Ford’s surprise decision to dramatically cut the size of Toronto’s city council just months before the fall municipal election drew immediate backlash Friday from the city&#...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland group is using science to track down a rare, critically endangered pony. The province’s Pony Society is offering DNA testing for people who have Newfoundl...