Category Archives: Canada

An advocate for the rights of jurors has filed a lawsuit seeking damages from the federal and Ontario governments for post-traumatic stress disorder he developed during a lengthy murder trial. Mark Fa...

MONTREAL - Quebec’s top court has upheld the right of the national assembly to prohibit people from entering with a kirpan. Two members of the World Sikh Organization of Canada were challenging ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s 9,300 public school teachers could launch job action as early as Thursday if they endorse an illegal strike in an attempt to derail the province’s sweeping educatio...

MUMBAI, India - Some of India’s biggest companies say they will invest more than $250 million in Canada, in everything from pulp mills to pharmaceuticals and the IT sector. Canadian companies, m...

MONCTON, N.B. - A program that helps international students to stay and work in Nova Scotia will be adopted by the three other Atlantic provinces as they try to grow their population. Federal Immigrat...

Seven stories in the news for Tuesday, Feb. 20 --- VIRTUE AND MOIR CAP CAREER IN A GOLDEN GLOW Canadian ice dance darlings Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are going out on top, ending their illustrious ca...

TORONTO - With roughly three months before a spring election, Ontario’s governing Liberals are using the last legislative session to push back against any state that adopts Buy American provisio...

VICTORIA - British Columbia moved to ease the province’s housing crisis Tuesday with a budget that introduces a new tax on property speculators, higher taxes on foreign homebuyers and plans to c...

WINNIPEG - The Crown argued Tuesday that a man charged with killing a Manitoba teenager convicted himself with his own admissions on secret police recordings, but the defence said numerous forensic ho...

GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian figure skating stars Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have won their second Olympic ice dancing title. In what was likely their final competitive performance, Virtu...