Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - In a story Feb. 4 story about marijuana education, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that New Brunswick Community College is offering a course on marijuana cultivation. In fact, the ...

TORONTO - A man found guilty for the violent sexual assault of a new mother has had his conviction quashed after Ontario’s top court on Monday agreed his lawyer had failed him at trial. In decid...

MONTREAL - The bankrupt railway at the centre of the Lac-Megantic train explosion as well, as several of its former employees, settled with federal prosecutors on Monday and were ordered to pay fines ...

OTTAWA - Liberal cabinet minister Bardish Chagger was never told about allegations that a senior staffer had acted inappropriately towards a job applicant because he had already left Ottawa and return...

WINNIPEG - About two weeks before her death, 15-year-old Tina Fontaine asked for a ride from Winnipeg to the home where she had grown up, court was told Monday. Family friend Steven Whitehurst told co...

MONTREAL - The head of Quebec’s official opposition apologized Monday for making fun of a female politician’s conspicuous - and relatively famous - fuzzy upper lip. Parti Quebecois Leader ...

OTTAWA - The new chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada says the system for dealing with complaints of serious misconduct by judges needs an overhaul. As Richard Wagner was officially welcomed t...

The federal government has quietly given a subsidiary of East Coast business giant J.D. Irving Ltd. more than $40 million in funding that an expert says could have trade implications for the New Bruns...

HALIFAX - A sailboat captain caught smuggling 250 kilograms of cocaine from the Caribbean to a Nova Scotia boatyard has undergone surgery, forcing a judge to postpone his sentencing. Jacques John Gren...

VICTORIA - The owner of a high-end sports car in Victoria has learned it’s best to keep the vehicle well maintained to avoid attracting unwanted attention. Police say a 31-year-old man was at th...