Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - A revamped edition of “The National” will be more nimble, multiplatform and “truly national” when four new but recognizable hosts who vary in age and background take ...

VANCOUVER - Housing, transit and the devastating opioid crisis were the main topics of conversation Tuesday between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, but talk of a co...

REGINA - The aunt of a woman who died after falling 10 storeys down a hotel laundry chute says she’s grateful that RCMP are reviewing the Regina police department’s investigation of the de...

OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh was last to enter the federal NDP leadership race, but he’s first in fundraising. Financial reports filed with Elections Canada for the second quarter of 2017 indicate tha...

WINNIPEG - A “Star Trek” fan who had to give up a personalized licence plate says the Manitoba government is acting like a villain on the science fiction series. Nick Troller is heading to...

OTTAWA - Former governor general Michaelle Jean has praised the appointment of Julie Payette to the job, saying the ex-astronaut will be “extraordinary” in her new duties. “Let’...

VANCOUVER - Mounties are warning Metro Vancouver residents about a scheme that has tricked at least six people into thinking their loved ones had been kidnapped. Police say the cyber crooks seem to be...

OTTAWA - Ontario’s outgoing environment minister says Canada must transform its energy sources if it’s going to meet promises to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But Glen Murray won’t s...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, July 31 --- TRUDEAU THANKS CREWS FOR EFFORTS FIGHTING B.C. FIRES: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thanked those on the front lines of British Columbia’s f...

HALIFAX - A new court ruling has revealed details of a heartbreaking custody battle over a Nova Scotia toddler born addicted to drugs. The boy was “born an addict” early in January 2016 be...