Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - A renown Quebec actor and professor at the province’s music and dramatic arts conservatory has been fired from his job following allegations of “psychological harassment.”...

OTTAWA - U2 frontman Bono is heaping praise on the Trudeau government for a new infusion of Canadian overseas development spending, leading a chorus of anti-poverty activists who are cheering the bigg...

OTTAWA - The federal government’s disastrous Phoenix pay system is destined for the ash heap - and the Trudeau Liberals have commited to spending $16 million over the next two years looking for ...

OTTAWA - Some of what was said Tuesday in response to the federal budget tabled by Finance Minister Bill Morneau: ___ “Never has a prime minister spent so much to achieve so little. Despite last...

SAGKEENG FIRST NATION, Man. - Dozens of people gathered in Tina Fontaine’s home community north of Winnipeg to honour her memory and comfort her family. Chief Derrick Henderson of the Sagkeeng F...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Meeting a stranger to complete an online deal can feel risky, even for a veteran police officer. Sgt. Judy Bird knows first-hand about the “sketchy” feeling that can com...

SURREY, B.C. - A man at the centre of a controversy over Sikh separatism that is hounding the prime minister says he has worked with politicians from a number of parties since he was released from pri...

EDMONTON - City council in Edmonton has voted to lift a moratorium on combative sports events that was imposed following the death of a mixed martial arts fighter. Tim Hague, who was a teacher, died i...

HALIFAX - A court has dramatically reduced a cardiology researcher’s record-setting, $1.4 million judgment for damages from a workplace battle at a Halifax hospital. In a decision released Tuesd...

OTTAWA - Text of the budget speech delivered Tuesday by Finance Minister Bill Morneau: Mr. Speaker, last week I spent some time with a couple of grade five and six classes from Rose Avenue Junior Publ...