Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals took baby steps in their bid to reshape the social safety net Tuesday with a new, “use-it-or-lose-it” leave option for new parents and a modest increase in th...

OTTAWA - Highlights from the federal Liberal budget tabled Tuesday by Finance Minister Bill Morneau: - “Proactive” pay equity legislation, as well as $3 million over five years for a ̶...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is championing its values - and its spending - in a federal budget that reads like a campaign-friendly road map designed to ensure that no woman, scientist or national ...

SASKATOON - A teenage girl who killed a six-week-old infant after his family took her in off the streets to help her will serve an adult sentence. Judge Sanjeev Anand’s decision in Saskatoon pro...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau is standing by a senior government official who suggested factions within the Indian government were involved in sabotaging the prime minister’s visit to India last week....

MONTREAL - Air Canada says it has resolved a computer issue that disrupted web and mobile check-ins and call centre operations, and temporarily delayed boarding on some flights. The Vancouver Internat...

MONTREAL - Some small-town mayors in Quebec are warning that a decision by the Desjardins credit-union movement to shut down automated teller machines in several communities will have a devastating im...

TORONTO - A suggestion by Toronto’s police chief that an alleged serial killer would have been arrested sooner if the public had been more co-operative with investigators has angered LGBTQ resid...

WINNIPEG - Paul Faraci put a new twist on a traditional Italian food and created a snack that would become a staple for fast-food-fuelled teens across Canada. The man credited with inventing Pizza Pop...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia judge has stayed murder charges against an Ottawa man in a Hells Angels-ordered killing, saying a third trial for Steven Gareau would undermine the integrity of the judicial pr...