Category Archives: Canada

Legal experts say the spectacle of an accused murderer grilling the father of his alleged victim on the witness stand is an unusual manifestation of an increasingly common occurrence in the Canadian j...

WASHINGTON - A first-term conservative lawmaker announced his abrupt retirement from the U.S. Senate in a dramatic speech Tuesday, in which he bemoaned what he called the reckless, abnormal, undignifi...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government’s fall economic update talking points focused on what they want to spend money on: increasing benefits for the middle and working class, and making the tax system...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals gave an update Tuesday on the government’s finances, and with it, how they plan to spend a windfall generated by better than expected economic growth. Here are some...

OTTAWA - A triumphant Justin Trudeau contends the Liberals’ stunning byelection victory in Quebec’s nationalist heartland is a vote of confidence in his government’s economic agenda....

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia legislature committee has shelved a private members bill that would reorganize the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth amid concerns from a lawyer representing sexua...

VICTORIA - Hunters in British Columbia kill up to 300 grizzly bears every year, but it is habitat loss that is actually the greatest threat to the imposing predators, says auditor general Carol Bellri...

DEBERT, N.S. - Vandals have destroyed a beloved, five-metre-tall sculpture of a bear, a Nova Scotia farmer’s annual tradition promoting his family’s poultry and pumpkin farms. Blake Jennin...

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says provinces and territories have not been at the table to the extent they need to be -up until now - to address issues with First Nations child w...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is dedicating about a third of the expected windfall from Canada’s surprisingly strong economy towards new investments, benefits for families with kids and additi...