Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - A Winnipeg man is challenging a decision made by the federal food inspection agency last month that allows two wines produced in the West Bank region to be sold in Canada with the label R...

MONTREAL - New research suggests a small number of large commercial property owners are the most successful on Airbnb and are eating up the local supply of housing in Canada’s three largest citi...

OTTAWA - A Canadian Forces officer has been charged with sexual assault in connection with an incident during a training course in 2001. The charge relates to a reported sexual assault involving two m...

HALIFAX - Last Friday’s Bell Aliant outage in many parts of Atlantic Canada has dialed up concerns among experts about the security of the region’s telecommunications system. Eamon Hoey, a...

OTTAWA - NDP leadership hopeful Charlie Angus is shifting back into campaign mode this week after taking a step back to support a gravely ill sibling - a difficult decision for the Ontario MP juggling...

OTTAWA - The classic romantic date is in danger of disappearing if the federal government reduces the legal alcohol limit for licensed drivers, a spokesman for Quebec’s restaurant lobby said Tue...

TORONTO - A Toronto police officer who purchased a shirt and tie for an alleged shoplifter after learning the young man needed the clothing items for an upcoming job interview said Tuesday that he wan...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Liberal backbencher lost her bid Tuesday to become Newfoundland and Labrador’s first female Speaker after challenging her boss’s preferred male candidate. Pam Pa...

TORONTO - Authorities in Toronto have seized a dog that police say was seen in an online video being hit by its owner while on a subway train. The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anim...

COOKS BROOK, N.S. - After two major thefts within two months at his free-range animal farm, Melvin Burns is hoping people’s taste for bacon can help solve the crimes. In an appeal posted on Face...