Category Archives: Canada

QUEBEC - The Quebec government adopted its long-awaited cannabis law on Tuesday, even as the lawmaker who oversaw its passage reaffirmed the province is in no way promoting marijuana use. Public Healt...

OTTAWA - The federal government unveiled its plan to bolster Canada’s defences against nefarious online attacks and crime Tuesday, even as it acknowledged a shortage of skilled cyber-warriors to...

TORONTO - Days before an aviation executive was found dead in his bed - a bullet lodged in his brain - his son called him a failure and blamed him for the financial woes the family-owned business was ...

OTTAWA - A senior executive from B.C.-based AggregateIQ spent three hours Tuesday denying pointed accusations that his company had misled MPs looking into Canadian links to an international controvers...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut could have a new leader before the week is out - less than a year after Premier Paul Quassa was chosen. John Main, who represents the community of Arviat in the territorial ...

TORONTO - Two Toronto police officers are facing misconduct charges over allegations they failed to properly investigate the case of a young woman who went missing last year after a night out in the c...

LEEDS, Ont. - Starvation can be a life or death matter, but police in eastern Ontario say a woman’s recent complaint about the wait time for her pizza order doesn’t quite qualify. Provinci...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Power has won approval to install smart meters in homes and businesses across the province, saying they will modernize the system - and allow for cheaper rates for people doing t...

FREDERICTON - With a New Brunswick election just months away, the auditor general is sounding the alarm over the province’s fast-growing debt. Kim MacPherson said Tuesday she is deeply troubled ...

SYDNEY, N.S. - The mother of a 17-year-old boy who was struck and killed on a Cape Breton highway says he was bending over to tie his shoe as he walked home from a graduation party. Jenn Hanna says he...