Category Archives: Canada

RED DEER, Alta. - A trial for two men charged in the deaths of a central Alberta couple and their daughter has heard about charred remains discovered inside the family’s farm home and a dead pet...

VICTORIA - The unprecedented overdose death toll in British Columbia means it may be time to have a “courageous conversation” about decriminalizing the drugs that are killing so many peopl...

OTTAWA - Just one day after the federal government saved an Arctic climate change research program from the brink of death, another is knocking on the door looking for salvation. Louis Fortier, a Univ...

EDSON, Alta. - Robert Price calls it the longest drive of his life. The 43-year-old Alberta trucker spent three-hours driving along a B.C. highway Monday after an assailant came to his window, waving ...

More than five years after the white poppy campaign sparked a rancorous debate about how Canadians should reflect on Remembrance Day, the anti-war movement is still stinging from its ugly standoff wit...

TORONTO - Two Ontario court cases involving people deemed brain dead are raising questions about whether what constitutes death should be clearly spelled out under Canadian laws. The issue is at the c...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Finance Minister Cameron Friesen says that despite walking back some of its controversial tax-reform proposals, the federal government should simply abandon its plan altogether and...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - They’re bearded, they’re burly and they’re wearing sparkly mermaid tails. A group of men posing as “merb’ys” to raise cash for a Newfoundla...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Canada won’t be pressured into prematurely signing a deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday as his Liberal government flat...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says Gov. Gen. Julie Payette should avoid denigrating faiths that believe in a creator. Payette has faced criticism for a speech last week that some say mocked ...