Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - On a day when newly released data showcased in tangible numbers the stark realities of the growing global refugee crisis, the United States - long considered a haven for the oppressed - doubl...

TORONTO - Police have identified two men wanted in connection with a daylight shooting at a Toronto playground that sent two young sisters to hospital. Det. Sgt. Jim Gotell says police now believe two...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has nominated Yves Giroux, a career public servant, as the new parliamentary budget officer. The budget watchdog is an independent officer of Parliament whose ap...

VICTORIA - Suman Virk, a grieving mother who “pioneered” the conversation about bullying after her daughter was murdered, has died in Victoria. Virk was 58 years old. She was the mother of...

HAMILTON - A homeowner’s assertion that his training as a military reservist prompted him to head outside into the frigid darkness and shoot dead a man trying to steal his truck makes little sen...

MONTREAL - Suspended Montreal police chief Philippe Pichet, whose tenure was marred by scandals inside the force, will not return as head of the organization but will remain with the department in a n...

LAS VEGAS - Kaleb Dahlgren pushes Ryan Straschnitzki’s wheelchair up a ramp and onto a riser. Tyler Smith follows right behind and takes his spot in front of a sea of cameras and microphones ins...

MOUNT PEARL, N.L. - It was, says Stefania Butler, like a scene from a movie. First, a sudden, massive bang. Then, debris everywhere - and the roof flew off the building across the street at Trimac Nat...

TORONTO - A man accused of pushing a senior citizen in front of a train at a busy Toronto subway station did not have any interaction with the victim before allegedly shoving him to his death, police ...

Following last week’s explosive revelations concerning his partner’s alleged cyberbullying of Ottawa captain Erik Karlsson’s wife, it was hard to envision a scenario where Senators f...