Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - The co-founder of an Alberta oil and gas company has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding Arcan Resources Ltd., which he established with his brother and another man. Ian Wi...

MONTREAL - Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating a police shooting in Montreal on Tuesday evening that claimed the life of a 58-year-old man. The Independent Investigations Bureau say police...

REGINA - The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan says concerns about suicide rates among farmers and mental health supports are starting to get some attention. On the weekend, Kim Kelle...

ERIN, Ont. - Police in Ontario are looking for a group of suspects who took a horse statue from a park and put it on the roof of a nearby school. Ontario Provincial Police say the incident occurred ea...

TORONTO - Ontario is spending an additional $85 million to clean up a mercury-contaminated river that has plagued two First Nation communities for half a century. Environment Minister Glen Murray says...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, June 27 --- LIBERALS INHERITED $18B BUDGET DEFICIT FLOOR, TRUDEAU SAYS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is arguing that his government has been sticking to its...

The dress that Marilyn Monroe was famously stitched into before she sang Happy Birthday to John F. Kennedy in 1962 is making what’s believed to be its Canadian debut in rural Saskatchewan. The s...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Leonard Larkins and nearly 4,000 other segregated black soldiers helped build a highway across Alaska and Canada during the Second World War, a contribution largely ignored for dec...

TORONTO - The Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) has agreed to a deal with Ontario’s securities watchdog to repay $21.8 million to clients who were mistakenly charged some investment fees. The Ontari...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tapped a long-time Canadian diplomat to step into a revamped role of Canada’s ambassador for climate change. Canada hasn’t had such an ambassador...