Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - After months of battling controversies, Bill Morneau’s spring budget has the potential to blunt some criticism by showing that a return to balanced books could be within striking distan...

RED DEER, Alta. - A former Correctional Service Canada worker has admitted he helped an inmate escape from a federal prison in central Alberta. Peter Edgar pleaded guilty in Red Deer provincial court ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is not willing to compromise Canadian values and principles just to get the country a seat at the UN Security Council. In an interview with The Canadian ...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia doctor has been reprimanded for the inadequate care of an elderly patient who eventually died. The province’s College of Physicians and Surgeons said Dr. Justin Clark did...

TORONTO - A bag of live eels isn’t something you see expect to find in a public washroom, but that’s what happened Sunday evening at a mall in east-end Toronto. Scarborough Town Centre Mal...

FERNIE, B.C. - A member of a team of explorers has reached a record depth in a cave near Fernie, B.C., that is believed to be the deepest in Canada. The cave has so far been measured at 5.3 kilometres...

CHARLOTTETOWN - The government of Prince Edward Island says it will operate four government-owned retail locations for recreational cannabis and allow online orders for home delivery. Finance Minister...

VANCOUVER - A plan to win ethnic votes in British Columbia involved a “cynical purpose” with no aim to legitimately engage minority groups, says a special prosecutor at a sentencing hearin...

EDMONTON - An Alberta legislature member is apologizing for saying Indigenous people don’t tend to vote and when “these people” do engage in politics they only want to talk to the pr...

HALIFAX - Efforts by outlaw motorcycle gangs to expand in the Halifax area have prompted an RCMP request for more front-line officers. RCMP Insp. Robert Doyle said it’s clear the gangs “wa...