Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Three police officers and one citizen were injured Thursday night during an annual protest march in Montreal. The march began at about 8 p.m. in Lafontaine Park in the east end under a heav...

TORONTO - Former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown will not be eligible to run in the riding he was nominated in for the province’s June 7 election, the party’s provinc...

MONTREAL - Bloc Quebecois founder Lucien Bouchard says he is “very discouraged” by what he sees happening within the sovereigntist party. Seven of the Bloc’s 10 MPs quit the party la...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government revealed more details Thursday of its plan to cut greenhouse-gas emissions and charge a new $25-per-tonne carbon tax. Many of the finer points - such as specific tar...

TORONTO - The Toronto Transit Commission says it has parted company with more than 200 people who had connections to a multimillion-dollar benefits scam. The transit provider says 223 employees have b...

MONTREAL - Quebecor Media has chosen to not exercise its right of first refusal in the sale of Just For Laughs, the comedy company said Thursday. A deal between the two firms gave the Montreal-based m...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s Opposition United Conservatives say there should be no more carbon tax increase without the consent of voters. Party leader Jason Kenney introduced a private member's bill T...

HALIFAX - A publication ban has been placed on the names of two undercover police officers who may testify in a Halifax woman’s bid for compensation for marijuana plants she says police destroye...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration waded more forcefully Thursday into Russia’s dispute with the western world, imposing sanctions to punish election meddling and computer attacks on key infr...

HALIFAX - Finding the body of a vanished Dartmouth woman is a top priority for investigators, police said Thursday as a man accused of interfering with human remains in the case was remanded into cust...