Category Archives: Canada

EDMONTON - Alberta’s new Opposition leader has officially been sworn in during a ceremony at the provincial legislature. Jason Kenney, leader of the United Conservative Party, won a byelection l...

CALGARY - Court has heard that a former longtime employee of a Calgary young people’s performance group who is on trial for sex offences will plead guilty. His lawyer told court Philip Heerema w...

VANCOUVER - Major reforms are on the way to extinguish a “financial dumpster fire” at British Columbia’s public auto insurer, which projects a $1.3-billion net loss this fiscal year,...

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government plans to increase spending in today’s provincial budget and delay a return to balanced budgets for the next couple of years. A government source tells ...

TORONTO - Canadian singer Alessia Cara was the only woman to win one of the major categories at this year’s Grammy Awards, and less than a quarter of the 84 trophies handed out Sunday went to ei...

OTTAWA - A new agreement will see the prices of nearly 70 commonly prescribed generic drugs discounted by up to 90 per cent of their brand name equivalents. The price discounts are to start on April 1...

OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she asked for an independent investigation into allegations she harassed and verbally abused former staff in a bid to prove that she’s done nothing...

Toronto police have charged 66-year-old landscaper Bruce McArthur with five counts of first-degree murder, calling him an alleged serial killer. Here is a glance at the alleged victims. ___ MAJEED KAY...

MONTREAL - The Canadian government has suggested it might drop its major international trade case against the U.S., if it gets a softwood lumber deal. Canada has filed a wide-ranging complaint to the ...

VANCOUVER - Research suggests warm-blooded animals, such as mammals and birds, are better at adapting to climate change, shedding new light on how rapid temperature changes impact biodiversity. Resear...