Category Archives: Canada

REGINA - A retired police chief wants the coroner’s office in Saskatchewan to develop a plan for responding to mass casualties like the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Former Saskatoon police chief ...

TORONTO - An inquest examining the systemic factors that caused a homeless man to die in a fire while seeking shelter from the cold has recommended social supports be more accessible to those in need....

VICTORIA - Hundreds of tiny tremors, felt only by sensitive monitors, have shivered under southern Vancouver Island in the last 48 hours, leading one scientist to predict they may signal what he calls...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim Canadians are smuggling shoes across the border to avoid “massive” tariffs on American goods doesn’t make sense, experts say. “It̵...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has unveiled a six-member advisory council that will consult Canadians and inform plans for a national pharmacare program - but it offered few details on the process We...

CALGARY - A 1919 painting depicting the impact of mustard gas on soldiers fighting in the First World War is being re-created as a human tableau. The original painting “Gassed” by American...

TORONTO - The widow of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford was given a suspended sentence Wednesday after pleading guilty to impaired driving, with a judge finding she had placed herself and others at risk....

EDMONTON - University of Alberta researchers have discovered a new species of ancient underwater lizards in a fossil so well preserved they can see what it had for lunch. “We know what it was ea...

HALIFAX - A former Mountie suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after multiple postings in isolated, high risk communities has filed a lawsuit against the federal government. In a statement o...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is appointing former journalist and public servant Julie Miville-Dechene to fill a Senate vacancy from Quebec. Miville-Dechene spent 25 years as an award-winning...