Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Duelling weekend protests pitting pro-refugee groups against those opposed to “illegal immigration” have Quebec’s premier worried things might get out of hand. “We (...

GOULDS, N.L. - Newfoundland’s wildly popular Chase the Ace saga will soon fold. The province has approved an exit date of Aug. 30 if the winning card is not drawn next Wednesday at a church on t...

MONTREAL - The Crown is seeking a nine-year prison sentence for a man convicted of attempting to leave Canada to join the Islamic State. The defence has countered with a recommendation of six-and-a-ha...

HAMILTON - A Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails will forgo his extradition hearing and go face the charges in the United States in what his lawyer has called an effort to speed up ...

A 49-year-old New Brunswick man who allegedly travelled to Ohio to meet a teenage girl is facing a charge of production of child pornography in the United States. Joseph Haggerty of St. Stephen, N.B.,...

OTTAWA - Former Conservative MP Terence Young is calling for Health Minister Jane Philpott to personally review her department’s handling of a law that bears his daughter’s name - a reques...

TORONTO - A Toronto judge approved a hardship fund on Friday for former Sears Canada employees that will come from a pool of money set aside to pay bonuses for executives. The $500,000 fund will help ...

A Canadian killed in a terrorist attack on a popular street in Barcelona was described by his family as a man who enjoyed lively debate and travelling. Ian Moore Wilson was the father of a Vancouver p...

OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.2 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces and territories (previous month in brackets): - New...

OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.2 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated...