Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - A Senate committee tasked with studying the disability tax credit and a disabilities savings plan says the two programs need to be overhauled and is urging the government to do more to help t...

TORONTO - The federal agency responsible for transportation policies across the country must modernize training and qualification rules for railway employees to help staff keep up with evolving indust...

OTTAWA - A captain in the Royal Canadian Air Force serving in Nova Scotia has been charged with sexually assaulting another member of the Forces almost four years ago while the two were at the Royal M...

TORONTO - Facebook Canada will launch a third-party, fact-checking program to root out fake news and provide users with more context on articles they read on the platform. The program is a collaborati...

Black NHLers are celebrating hockey legend Willie O’Ree’s induction into the sport’s holy shrine - the Hockey Hall of Fame. O’Ree, now 82, was chosen Tuesday to enter the hall ...

HAMILTON - Indigenous leaders said Wednesday they were shocked and disappointed by a Hamilton jury’s decision to acquit a local homeowner in the shooting death of a Six Nations man who broke int...

OTTAWA - Lawyers for the Senate warned of dire consequences for Canada’s democracy Wednesday as they laid out their case for why Sen. Mike Duffy shouldn’t be allowed to sue the upper chamb...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - An historic milestone was recognized Wednesday on the East Coast, but the mood was bittersweet. A power link connecting the Muskrat Falls hydro megaproject to Newfoundland and...

The traditional start to the summer holidays is set to kick off with an Eastern Canada heat wave, as forecasters warned of sweltering temperatures that could inch into the 40s with the humidex this Ca...

Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, June 27 --- SENATE ASKS TO BE STRICKEN FROM DUFFY LAWSUIT Lawyers for the Senate appear before an Ottawa judge this morning to argue that Sen. Mike Duffy can&#...