Category Archives: Canada

KELOWNA, B.C. - Justin Trudeau says there’s nothing inconsistent about touting Canada as a welcoming country that embraces immigrants and refugees while simultaneously trying to head off another...

OTTAWA - The head of a Toronto organization that helped gay men flee torture and abuse in Chechnya says they are coming to terms with life in Canada, but remain fearful for their safety. Kimahli Powel...

BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - This small Nova Scotia town is reckoning with the long shadow of a criminal prosecution involving so many of its children. Under a national spotlight because of an intimate photo r...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Institutes for Health Research has concluded new national guidelines for prescribing opioids were based on sound scientific evidence, despite a conflict of interest between one o...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Sept. 7 --- QUEBECER DESCRIBES IRMA AS TERRIFYING: A Quebec man living on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin is calling hurricane Irma the most terrifying...

MONTREAL - Quebec’s largest labour federation and a major business group say the provincial government needs to pay particular attention to the workplace consequences of cannabis use. The Quebec...

CHASE, B.C. - First Nations protesters in British Columbia are planning to place tiny homes directly in the path of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, an idea drawn from an influential Indigenous ...

MONTREAL - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is recommending all Beaver-type planes be equipped with a stall-warning system. The agency made the announcement Thursday as it released its report...

WINNIPEG - Indigenous leaders called on the Manitoba government Thursday to declare a state of emergency and free up more hotel rooms for people who have fled northern forest fires. Chief Dino Flett o...

HALIFAX - A pre-trial hearing for a Halifax man accused of murdering an off-duty police officer will be held behind closed doors. Justice Josh Arnold agreed Thursday to the Crown’s unusual reque...