Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - If Emily Daigle had wanted to watch Ontario make history when it passed Canada’s first accessibility law in 2005, she would have had to do so from afar thanks to the lack of wheelchair...

HALIFAX - A 47-year-old man charged in an aggravated sex assault near the Halifax Commons has a long history of sexual violence and had earlier prompted a warning to the public about his “high r...

MONTREAL - In a bitter, resentful and defiant speech, Martine Ouellet announced Monday she will step down as head of the Bloc Quebecois in the wake of a crushing defeat in a leadership vote where she ...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba Metis Federation has filed legal action against the provincial government over a hydroelectric development agreement that was halted by Premier Brian Pallister. The deal, worke...

MONTREAL - The Canadian government will study the impact of U.S. tariffs on the steel and aluminum industries before determining the financial support required to protect local jobs, the international...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Gywneth Paltrow has called Fogo Island “heaven.” Late-night legend David Letterman mentioned last January during an interview with former U.S. President Barack Oba...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Some people waking up in parts of Newfoundland got a wintry jolt when they looked out their window Monday and saw white. A light dusting of snow blanketed areas around Gander ...

Five stories in the news for Monday, June 4 --- GROUP CALLS FOR HEP C TESTING OF ALL BABY BOOMERS New guidelines recommend that all Canadians born between 1945 and 1975 - baby-boomers - be tested for ...

OTTAWA - Not only were Canadian officials scrambling to limit problems for travellers, they were simply trying to grasp what was going on when the Trump administration issued an executive order last y...

MONTREAL - Four of the women sexually assaulted and abused by disgraced national ski coach Bertrand Charest spoke publicly Monday about what they endured, saying they are determined to ensure their st...