Category Archives: Canada

CRANBROOK, B.C. - A man who promised millions of dollars to a junior hockey team in southeastern British Columbia has been placed on six months of probation after pleading guilty to an unrelated fraud...

OTTAWA - The federal government offered a temporary glimmer of hope Friday to employees suffering through serious pay issues as it moved ahead in talks with civil service unions toward a settlement fo...

WOODSTOCK, N.B. - Two men have pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with a robbery gone awry two years ago in northwestern New Brunswick that left one man dead and his home and truck destroyed...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba has become the latest province to pursue tougher penalties, including immediate licence suspensions, for people who use a hand-held cellphone or other electronic device while drivi...

OTTAWA - Mista Wasis recalls dreaming of the family he could barely remember after the government forced him from his community as a child and into a non-Indigenous home during the ’60s Scoop. &...

MONTREAL - The Quebec and federal governments announced Friday the implementation of a new partnership to provide funding for the agriculture and agri-food sector. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrenc...

OTTAWA - Canada is sending just over $8 million to agencies helping Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as they prepare for monsoon storms. International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says aid ...

VANCOUVER - The governor of Washington says his state is “allied” with British Columbia in questioning whether the Trans Mountain pipeline should be expanded. The project poses a threat to...

HALIFAX - A Halifax-area navy sailor convicted of sexually assaulting a woman he met over Facebook has won a new trial because of ineffective legal representation. The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal over...

VANCOUVER - A $1.6 billion contract has been awarded for construction of the Site C hydroelectric dam in northeastern British Columbia, just three months after the province’s NDP government relu...