Category Archives: Canada

SYDNEY, N.S. - The mayor of Nova Scotia’s second largest municipality has come out as gay, saying he decided to speak publicly after someone threatened to expose his personal life. Cecil Clarke,...

MONTREAL - Regulators in the state of New Hampshire on Thursday rejected a major electricity project being piloted by Quebec’s hydro utility and its American partner, Eversource. Members of New ...

VANCOUVER - Police say two men have been taken to hospital with apparent knife wounds after an altercation while they were winter camping together on a mountain north of Vancouver. North Vancouver RCM...

TORONTO - A Toronto police officer who reported alleged sexual misconduct by a colleague has been disciplined because of some of the evidence she submitted to support her case. An internal police disc...

Shootings at courthouses in Canada are a relatively rare occurrence. Here’s a look at some notable incidents: January 2018: Steven Bertrand, 18, is seriously injured after being shot in the head...

TORONTO - The race to lead Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party kicked off in earnest Thursday, with the entrance of a high-profile candidate who was once considered the odds-on favourite to...

OTTAWA - All three major federal parties are now looking into allegations of misconduct involving present and former members. The cases at a glance: LIBERALS - Kent Hehr resigned from cabinet last wee...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - A restaurant in Alberta’s oilsands hub is taking its own stand against the B.C. government’s plan to obstruct an expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline. Asti Tratto...

MONTREAL - A Desjardins economist says it’s only a matter of time before Canada’s nickel goes the way of the penny. Senior economist Hendrix Vachon says that the five-cent piece will seem ...

OTTAWA - A senior naval commander is playing down an account from one of his sailors of a seemingly tense standoff between a Canadian warship and Russian vessels during a recent deployment. The encoun...