Category Archives: Canada

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A $6-million ferry service to the little island that Ruby Kean has always called home is highlighting Newfoundland and Labrador’s overspending crisis. The year-round ser...

OTTAWA - The country’s Jewish community appears to have seen its most dramatic decline in decades, with newly released census data suggesting more than half of Canada Jews disappeared over a fiv...

Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Nov. 1 --- TRUDEAU OFFERS CONDOLENCES IN WAKE OF N.Y. ATTACK Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s “deeply grieved” by Tuesday’s terror...

OTTAWA - Northwest Territories Premier Robert McLeod says it is offensive and patronizing for southern Canadians to tell northerners they can’t benefit from oil and gas development because it...

TORONTO - Businesses that illegally sell recreational marijuana after the government of Ontario sets up its own shops could be fined up to $1 million under legislation tabled Wednesday. One of the mai...

TORONTO - The family of a Toronto man who was declared brain dead after suffering an asthma attack has obtained a temporary injunction to keep him on life support while it fights to have his death cer...

Mubin Shaikh told the UN Security Council Tuesday that he’s haunted by a video image: A 3-year-old boy uses a large knife given to him by his parents to cut off his teddy bear’s head. Shai...

OTTAWA - A report from Canada's correctional ombudsman says a deadly riot at Saskatchewan Penitentiary last year was likely sparked by disputes over food and small prison cells. Ivan Zinger released h...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s “deeply grieved” by Tuesday’s terrorist attack in New York City. A man in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cycl...

OTTAWA - Canada’s drug developers recognize that pharmaceutical prices need to come down but they fear the Trudeau government will push too hard in a regulatory review by Health Canada, the head...