Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Kathryn Young remembers the anger growing within as she listened to their laughter. On the floor of the House of Commons, they were snickering and chortling as a New Democrat MP mentioned a n...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s finance minister shelved the tradition of buying new shoes to present her budget in favour of reading a story Monday to a group of three- and four-year-old youngste...

TORONTO - A warning from Canada's biggest media companies that their survival is under threat from unregulated foreign rivals and illicit content pirates has sparked a massive influx of submissions to...

TORONTO - The president of the union representing Toronto’s firefighters says a fire captain who was found in California after vanishing from a New York state ski slope is back in Canada. Frank ...

The members of the embattled rock band Hedley have withdrawn from consideration for three awards at this year’s Juno Awards and say they plan to “talk about how we have let some people dow...

VANCOUVER - The federal government is appealing a B.C. court decision that struck down Canada’s law on indefinite solitary confinement, arguing it needs clarity on the issue from the courts. The...

MUMBAI, India - An Indian politician who publicly accused members of Justin Trudeau’s cabinet of being connected to the Sikh separatist movement will meet the prime minister later this week. Pri...

AIRDRIE, Alta. - Friends of an Alberta woman slain 16 years ago say they had lost virtually all hope police would solve the case. But RCMP announced Monday they have charged Stephane Parent, 49, with ...

HALIFAX - An independent report that warned people with disabilities were being unjustly confined in a Nova Scotia psychiatric hospital is being described as “startling and disturbing” by ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Cash-strapped Newfoundland and Labrador has launched a 12-year plan to speed and increase offshore oil and gas development while drawing coveted global investment. The provinc...