Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - A woman has been awarded almost $1.2 million by the B.C. Supreme Court after her skull was fractured 17 years ago in a pedestrian crash when she was a baby. A trial heard the unnamed woman...

VANCOUVER - WestJet has lost a bid to throw out of court a proposed class-action lawsuit that accuses the company of failing to provide a harassment-free workplace for women. Former flight attendant M...

VANCOUVER - A bail hearing began Friday in the Supreme Court of British Columbia for a man accused of counselling the murder of an individual. The Crown has said Jamie Bacon’s trial is scheduled...

OTTAWA - The Prime Minister’s Office has hired a prominent employment law firm to handle an investigation into allegations against one of its senior staffers. The PMO has asked Rubin Thomlinson ...

EDMONTON - Political analysts say United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney’s byelection victory fires the starting pistol on an unofficial 16-month election campaign that will be defined by...

Toronto billionaire and philanthropist couple Barry and Honey Sherman were found dead Friday, prompting politicians and prominent Canadians to express condolences and share memories on social media. B...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Dec. 15 --- APOTEX FOUNDER HAS DIED: Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins says the billionaire founder of drug company Apotex and his wife are dead. Hoskins t...

OTTAWA - Parliament Hill’s busiest social week of the year started with Liberals basking in byelection victories and culminated in a celebration of the Supreme Court’s chief justice, who i...

Toronto billionaire and philanthropist Barry Sherman and his wife were found dead in their mansion Friday, and police said they were investigating the deaths as suspicious. Const. David Hopkinson woul...

WINNIPEG - A tentative plea agreement has been reached that would see a Winnipeg-based online pharmacy and two affiliated businesses fined millions of dollars for selling misbranded and counterfeit dr...