Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The federal government will open a training facility in the Northwest Territories focused on recruiting women and Indigenous peoples interested in working in the marine sector. The $12.6 mill...

OTTAWA - Only weeks after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada was prepared to offer helicopters, aircraft and hundreds of troops to peacekeeping, the number of Canadians on UN missions reached a...

BATTLEFORD, Sask. - Saskatchewan’s chief justice addressed some inconsistencies Friday in the testimony from key Crown witnesses at the trial of a farmer accused of murdering an Indigenous man. ...

Ontario’s animal welfare organization has ordered a dog-sledding business north of Toronto to take several steps to improve the well-being of more than 100 canines as an animal cruelty investiga...

WINNIPEG - Three people connected to accused killer Raymond Cormier told police he owned the same type of duvet cover that the body of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine was found in, his trial was told Friday...

WATERLOO, Ont. - Ontario’s police watchdog says it has launched an investigation into four allegations of sexual assault involving a police force in the province. Special Investigations Unit spo...

MONTREAL - Taxpayers are on the hook for more than $300,000 in expenses attributed to jurors in the criminal trial for the Lac-Megantic train explosion that killed 47 people. That number represents on...

CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. - As playmates, they make an unlikely pair: Charlee is a large, black Rottweiler and Penny is a barnyard chicken. But the YouTube videos recorded inside Steve Ivany’s ...

WHITEHORSE - Twenty-six mushers and their dogs have one more day of rest before the teams hit the trail for the 35th annual Yukon Quest sled dog race, renowned as one of the toughest such events on th...

TORONTO - Canada will send 225 athletes and 87 coaches to the Pyeongchang Olympics, its largest-ever delegation for a Winter Games. The Canadian Olympic Committee says the team of athletes includes 12...