Category Archives: Canada

Seven stories in the news for Tuesday, Nov. 7 --- LIBERAL BRAND BATTERED BY ‘PARADISE PAPERS’ The Trudeau government’s politically bruised promise to ensure “tax fairness”...

OTTAWA - Lesley Barron Kerr doesn’t remember the last time she saw the Victoria Cross that her great-grandfather, Colin Barron, received for heroism at the Battle of Passchendaele. But she’...

MONTREAL - In Montreal’s Gay Village, a red-orange glow radiates from a Vietnamese tapas restaurant onto a side street lined with red, brown and grey-bricked apartment buildings. Neon-infused gl...

EDMONTON - The brother of a murdered Indigenous woman says Alberta RCMP destroyed his sister’s belongings even though nobody had been charged in her death. “It was sitting there and got th...

OTTAWA - Making sure those who experience the biggest impacts of crime have the support they need would do a lot to speed up the wheels of justice, says the federal ombudsman for victims of crime. ...

EDMONTON - Two former Alberta government cabinet ministers and a police chief are part of a group that is working to promote the legal recreational marijuana industry. Former justice minister Jonathan...

TORONTO - A boost in economic conditions across the country has contributed to a slight uptick in health spending across Canada, according to a new report released Tuesday. Figures from the Canadian I...

MONTREAL - A tentative agreement has been reached between the Quebec government and the union representing about 11,000 daycare workers across the province. The agreement in principle reached Monday e...

FLINT, Mich. - The case of a Canadian man charged with stabbing a police officer at a Michigan airport isn’t on a fast track. A judge agreed Friday to extend important deadlines while federal in...

OTTAWA - MPs have amended the government’s much-criticized Access to Information bill by placing a check on plans to give federal agencies the power to refuse to process access requests. Members...