Category Archives: Canada

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Nov. 20 --- NEBRASKA APPROVES KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE: Nebraska regulators approved passage of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline Monday, clearing the last...

WINNIPEG - The trial of a Winnipeg man accused of sending letter bombs has heard that DNA found at two different explosion sites matched. Guido Amsel has pleaded not guilty to five counts of attempted...

WHITEHORSE - The legal age for the consumption of recreational marijuana would be set at 19 in Yukon under proposals released Monday by the territory’s government. The policy also includes limit...

Imagine taking a doctor into your confidence in a hospital emergency room, only to discover that someone else is recording the conversation on a smartphone. One of British Columbia’s busiest hos...

MONTREAL - A Quebec judge has withdrawn from a case in which he said a 17-year-old victim of sexual assault was a little overweight, had a pretty face and was maybe a “bit flattered” at th...

TORONTO - Anne Murray’s decision to downsize led to some good news for her Toronto-based fans: the singer has donated 40 years’ worth of memorabilia that can now be viewed at the Universit...

OTTAWA - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh remembers being deeply impressed the first time he got to know Willy Blomme, the woman who would later become his new chief of staff. He also remembers thinki...

OTTAWA - Opposition parties took turns criticizing Bill Morneau on Monday as they tried to drag out a stinging ethics controversy that has swarmed the finance minister for weeks. Back in the House of ...

OTTAWA - A decision by the Trump administration to end a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 Haitians to live and work in the United States has the Canadian government on...

STRATFORD, P.E.I. - An alleged drunk driver who jumped the line in a McDonald’s drive-thru proved easy to catch: He was still waiting for his food when police arrived. RCMP in Stratford, P.E.I.,...