Category Archives: Canada

The federal government has quietly given a subsidiary of East Coast business giant J.D. Irving Ltd. more than $40 million in funding that an expert says could have trade implications for the New Bruns...

HALIFAX - A sailboat captain caught smuggling 250 kilograms of cocaine from the Caribbean to a Nova Scotia boatyard has undergone surgery, forcing a judge to postpone his sentencing. Jacques John Gren...

VICTORIA - The owner of a high-end sports car in Victoria has learned it’s best to keep the vehicle well maintained to avoid attracting unwanted attention. Police say a 31-year-old man was at th...

TORONTO - A woman who accused a Toronto police officer of raping her told his sexual assault trial Monday that she was afraid of being hurt if she didn’t comply with his demands. The woman, who ...

HALIFAX - Nobody has the unfettered right to live in government-assisted housing of their own choosing, a lawyer for the Nova Scotia government told a human rights board of inquiry Monday. “It i...

OTTAWA - A group representing the country’s doctors says designing marijuana packaging should be left to federal officials and public health experts, not cannabis producers and distributors. The...

TORONTO - A 21-year-old man strangled a young woman and abandoned her body in a stairwell hours after meeting her during a night out in Toronto’s gay village, police alleged Monday as they laid ...

MONTREAL - The potential danger of aging seniors behind the wheel is being highlighted after a 90-year-old driver struck and killed a Montreal woman and left her young son in critical condition over t...

TORONTO - Mortgage brokers say the borrower rejection rate from large banks and traditional monoline mortgage lenders has gone up as much as 20 per cent after Canada’s banking regulator imposed ...

10 stories in the news for Monday, Feb. 5 --- SURVEY SUGGESTS FINANCIAL INFIDELITY AN ISSUE AMONG CANADIANS As Valentine’s Day approaches, a new survey suggests some Canadians planning to take t...