Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The Prime Minister’s Office has called in an independent investigator to look into unspecified allegations against a senior staffer, but the workplace harassment policy that governs all...

WASHINGTON - NAFTA negotiations are approaching a new phase of talks after early rounds marked by acrimony, inflexibility and finger-pointing. It’s the search for solutions. Negotiators gathered...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Dec. 14 --- FOUR DIE IN ONTARIO HELICOPTER CRASH: Four employees with Ontario electrical utility Hydro One died in a helicopter crash on Thursday. A witness...

TORONTO - Ontario’s ombudsman will investigate an incident in which Niagara Region staff seized a reporter’s equipment and called police. The municipality apologized to a St. Catharines St...

OTTAWA - The Mounties say they are going to take a new look at 284 sexual assault cases that they originally classified as unfounded. The decision comes after the RCMP reviewed 2,225 sexual assault fi...

OTTAWA - Canada has persuaded the Trump administration to consider backing a climate change-related initiative that it wants to showcase when it hosts the G7 summit next year, The Canadian Press has l...

EDMONTON - Alberta is taking legal action against Saskatchewan’s licence plate ban, calling it a slam-dunk case over a small-minded policy. “This petty and ridiculous restriction has real ...

EDMONTON - The federal Crown has decided to drop its appeal of a ruling dismissing charges against a prominent cannabis activist who was arrested in Calgary during a national tour to give away million...

HALIFAX - Representatives from 13 community and anti-poverty groups are calling for an immediate increase to Nova Scotia’s basic income assistance rates, but they received no firm commitment fro...

TORONTO - A new report says the rate of deceased organ donations has risen substantially over the last decade in Canada, while the rate for living donors has declined. The report by the Canadian Insti...