Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - An official with the International Olympic Committee says it would welcome a bid by Calgary to hold another Winter Games using some facilities in Whistler, B.C., or elsewhere. Calgary is mul...

VANCOUVER - A government communications director who pleaded guilty to breach of trust in connection with a plan to win votes from ethnic groups was “an instrument of others” including min...

REGINA - A Saskatchewan First Nation is suing the province and the federal government to try to regain some control over traditional land it says has been whittled away by agricultural and industrial ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s highest court has ordered a new trial for a sex worker convicted of assault for stabbing a client she said was sexually assaulting her. The woman had been convicted for s...

WASHINGTON - In his first foreign trip as leader of the official Opposition, Andrew Scheer avoided any criticism of the Liberal federal government, telling a Washington audience that Canada speaks wit...

TORONTO - The family of an 11-year-old Toronto girl has reportedly apologized for the “pain and anger” they caused, after the girl’s claim that a man cut her hijab turned out not to ...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is devoting $20 million to develop projects aimed at preventing gender-based violence in vulnerable communities that have a shortage of support for victims and their fa...

OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says it’s aware of reports that two Canadian citizens have been kidnapped in Nigeria. Spokesman John Babcock says consular officials in Nigeria are in contact with...

TORONTO - Hundreds of millions of dollars of dividends doled out to Sears Canada shareholders are coming under scrutiny by the former retailer’s court-appointed monitor, according to a new repor...

Vancouver police say one officer is recovering from a severely broken leg and a second officer has sprained fingers after subduing an agitated man near the city’s entertainment district. Sgt. Ja...