Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh launched an investigation Thursday into the conduct of Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir, without waiting for an actual victim of alleged harassment to come forward with a co...

MONTREAL - A Canadian industry leader in the fight against U.S. softwood lumber duties who is retiring imminently is urging the government not to “capitulate” during what he expects will b...

CALGARY - The national bread price-fixing scandal has sparked heated debate over the Competition Bureau’s immunity program, with law enforcement experts defending the effectiveness of the practi...

BARRIE, Ont. - An argument over toilet paper has led to criminal charges being laid against a man in Barrie, Ont. Barrie police say a man called 911 on Wednesday night demanding officers attend immedi...

BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A key Crown witness in the trial of a Saskatchewan farmer charged with shooting an Indigenous man on his property said he lied to police and the Crown about carrying a gun and brea...

HALIFAX - She was young and dreamed of wearing the RCMP’s signature red uniform, like the Mounties who patrolled her rural Nova Scotia community. But for the woman, now in her 50s and declining ...

HALIFAX - Lawyers in the case of a Nova Scotia retiree who is fighting to regain a personalized licence plate argued Thursday over a report that links derogatory comments made by U.S. President Donald...

OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee wants Jan. 29 - the anniversary of a deadly mosque shooting in Quebec - declared a national day of remembrance and action on religious discrimination, including &...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says her government is suspending talks with British Columbia on the purchase of electricity from the western province. It’s the first step in Alberta...

OTTAWA - The advent of the #MeToo movement in Canadian politics has cabinet ministers speaking publicly - and young staffers, quietly - about the open secret of predatory, sexualized behaviour in poli...