Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Several Quebec women are seeking permission to file a class-action lawsuit against Just For Laughs co-founder Gilbert Rozon for alleged sexual assault. The women, who have created a group c...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg lawyer says she was scared to leave the courthouse after she dropped a client in a civil lawsuit that had been brought against him by his ex-wife. Sarah McEachern says she had be...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Nov. 27 --- POSTMEDIA AND TORSTAR CLOSING PAPERS: The federal government is coming under fresh pressure to find solutions for Canada’s ailing newspaper ...

OTTAWA - Larry Frank knows from experience that commute times in Canada are stuck in the slow lane. And given the country’s shifting demographics, Frank - a professor of sustainable transport at...

CALGARY - Former Alberta premier Alison Redford has taken a new job as policy adviser to Afghanistan’s minister of energy. The World Bank says Redford has been hired as a consultant, but wouldn&...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives have opened up yet another new line of attack against Bill Morneau, accusing the embattled finance minister of selling off stock the week before his own policy announcement ...

HAMILTON - A southwestern Ontario television reporter is speaking out about the stream of harassment she faces at work after misogynistic comments were hurled her way three times last week. CHCH repor...

VICTORIA - British Columbia is creating a police squad to pursue gun trafficking after a task force report found more than half of the illegal firearms seized in the province over three years originat...

OTTAWA - The federal government’s plan to legalize marijuana by next summer is a step closer. Bill C-45 received final approval Monday in the House of Commons, passing by a vote of 200-82. It no...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will apologize Tuesday in the House of Commons for a number of historical unjustices perpetrated by the federal government against members of the LGBTQ community...