Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - New rules are being brought in for big-spending gamblers at British Columbia’s casinos. The B.C. Lottery Corp. now requires anyone spending $10,000 or more at casinos within a 24-hou...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier has told child welfare officials to review how they handle complex cases, as a former foster child in the province faces deportation to a country he has no connec...

WINNIPEG - The federal government has announced a cash infusion of $291.2 million over five years for policing in First Nation and Inuit communities. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale made the anno...

LONDON, Ont. - Public health officials are warning customers of a nail salon in London, Ont., that they may have been exposed to blood-borne infections after a client tested positive for hepatitis B. ...

CALGARY - The parents of a man shot dead by police have lost a bid for a judicial review of a decision not to lay charges. Anthony Heffernan was holding a syringe and a lighter when a Calgary officer ...

OTTAWA - It was 2007 and Lauren Dobson-Hughes was a young, ambitious NDP staffer on Parliament Hill when a much older MP suddenly kissed her in front of at least 20 people - and no one seemed to bat a...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A British Columbia man is fighting for his life after the federal government declared him dead twice following a bureaucratic mix-up. The trouble began last October when Kamloops resi...

CALGARY - The Canadian Judicial Council is reviewing complaints about a Calgary judge who admitted to making what she called inappropriate comments to university students. Court of Queen’s Bench...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A police dog had an extra edge tracking down an alleged thief on Tuesday: The suspect was carrying stolen steaks. Police in Saint John, N.B., say they responded to a theft call at a...

WINNIPEG - Two Manitoba men who have been fighting for almost 44 years to have their wedding formally recognized have been dealt another setback. Rich North’s complaint to the province’s h...