Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government’s efforts to streamline its budgeting process mean $7 billion in new spending commitments would be subject to far less parliamentary scrutiny - and the money coul...

SPRINGDALE, N.L. - A students group that won national attention with an unsuccessful bid to convince a small Newfoundland town to permit a rainbow crosswalk are now looking to their next move, their v...

GATINEAU, Que. - The Liberal commitment to recognizing and reinforcing Indigenous rights faced a major litmus test Tuesday as a special gathering of the Assembly of First Nations embarked on a close, ...

OTTAWA - The seven MPs who quit the Bloc Quebecois in late February over Martine Ouellet’s leadership are considering forming a new political party. “The Bloc Quebecois you have known, and...

HALIFAX - Three months after announcing just nine outlets would sell legal marijuana in Nova Scotia, the province says three more outlets will be added by the fall. Stores in Bridgewater, New Minas, a...

MONTREAL - A judge has ruled the so-called ”marry out, get out” provisions of a membership law on the books of a Mohawk community near Montreal are unconstitutional. The sections, which Ka...

MONTREAL - Organizers of an annual Montreal business conference say American whistleblower Chelsea Manning is scheduled to participate in this year’s event. C2 Montreal is billing the appearance...

TORONTO - One of two accordion players who have been performing the hit song “Despacito” on Toronto subway trains will soon face a justice of the peace. The men have drawn mixed reactions ...

FREDERICTON - Floodwaters were expanding their reach Tuesday and washing through several communities along the Saint John River, stranding residents, soaking basements and making islands out of homes....

BATHURST, N.B. - A middle school science teacher with alleged Hells Angels ties has been charged with cocaine trafficking, shedding light on northern New Brunswick’s difficult struggle with outl...