Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Health Canada says there were 1,179 medically assisted deaths between Jan. 1 and June 30 this year, accounting for about 0.9 per cent of all deaths nationally. In the previous six months, the...

TORONTO - A Toronto writer’s tweet relating her sexual harassment at the hands of an employer has sparked an online outpouring of similar stories, a discussion she says is the first step in tack...

KAMLOOPS - The Conservative Indigenous Affairs Critic says she hopes an agreement in principle with survivors of the ’60s Scoop will pave the way for further reconciliation. The agreement, annou...

VANCOUVER - The legal battle between a group of Tim Hortons franchisees and their parent company escalated Friday as the corporate-unsanctioned association filed a lawsuit alleging that Restaurant Bra...

TORONTO - Two Ontario cabinet ministers announced Friday they won’t seek re-election next year, adding to a growing tally of prominent Liberals bowing out at a time when the party struggles in t...

VICTORIA - British Columbians love nature, but that draw to be in the wilderness is part of the reason the province has seen thousands of conflicts between humans and wild animals this year, a wildlif...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - It was described as a “double dagger to the heart” when former residential school students from Newfoundland and Labrador were shut out of a national apology in 20...

MONTREAL - A man who threw a projectile at Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard at a vigil for victims of the Orlando massacre has pleaded guilty to assault charges. Esteban Torres was charged after thro...

MONTREAL - Bell Canada and the union representing 5,000 of its office workers in Quebec and Ontario have begun negotiating a new collective agreement. Unifor, the union representing Bell’s cleri...

A timeline of the commercial dispute between Boeing and Bombardier: – April 27: Chicago-based Boeing Co. asks the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to...