Category Archives: Canada

EDMONTON - While many hockey fans go big with their pride come playoff time, researchers at the University of Alberta have gone small - really, really small. Nanotechnology experts at the school have ...

CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed two appeals in the case of a man who argued he was fending off an attempted sex assault when he stabbed his new neighbour 37 times. Nicholas Rasberr...

CALGARY - An Alberta judge has agreed to delay the trial of a couple accused of causing their toddler’s death after both parents agreed to waive their right to a speedy trial. Jeromie and Jennif...

WHITEHORSE - A solo climber who waited four days to be rescued from Canada’s highest mountain following two earthquakes in Yukon was too exhausted to say much beyond “thank you” to a...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has set up a showdown with the Senate over whether workers should be required to unionize through a secret ballot. Labour Minister Patty Hajdu told the Commons on Frida...

HALIFAX - New Democrats in Nova Scotia are promising to reinstate a film tax credit axed by the Liberal government, NDP Leader Gary Burrill pledged Friday, saying the government’s move left the ...

OTTAWA - Universities have less than two years to find ways to recruit more women and minorities for Canada Research Chairs, or they won’t get any more positions funded by the federal government...

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould - a former First Nations leader - says a proposed government bill that changes the human rights code will apply on reserves, adding she hopes individuals...

BUDAPEST, Hungary - The Hungarian foreign ministry says it has summoned Canada’s ambassador to Hungary after she expressed concerns about the fate of a Budapest university and academic freedom a...

OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in April. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador 14.0 per cent ...