Category Archives: Canada

EDMONTON - An Alberta United Conservative legislature member who resigned abruptly is facing charges of sex assault and sexual interference with a minor. Don MacIntyre was charged last week, but the c...

OTTAWA - The federal government wants to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy foods with front-of-package warnings on items that contain high levels of sodium, sugar or saturated fat - ingre...

OTTAWA - Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould is about to become the first federal cabinet minister in history to take a maternity leave. Gould is expecting her first child in early March and...

TORONTO - All three candidates vying to lead Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives have distanced themselves from a party commitment to replace the governing Liberals’ cap-and-trade system w...

PELLY CROSSING, Yukon - It’s known as the toughest, coldest race on Earth and the ultra-marathon in Yukon certainly lived up to its reputation this year. Temperatures dipped as low as -45 C as c...

GANDER, N.L. - Police are investigating the sudden death of a 14-year-old Newfoundland girl, saying they are aware of social media allegations in the case but don’t yet know what precipitated th...

WINNIPEG - A witness told a Winnipeg murder trial he saw the man accused in the death of Tina Fontaine fighting with the 15-year-old a few weeks before her body was found. Raymond Cormier, who is 55, ...

MONTREAL - A Sri Lankan man charged with killing his wife but set free after his legal proceedings took too long will likely never get a new trial in Canada, Quebec’s appellate court ruled Frida...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer painted a stark vision of the political battle on the horizon Friday as party faithful gathered in the national capital to plot a course towards a ballot-box...

CALGARY - The union that represents WestJet and WestJet Encore pilots says it has filed an unfair labour practice complaint over the airline’s recruitment of pilots for Swoop, its new ultra-low-...