Category Archives: Canada

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, July 27 --- INQUIRY LEAVES FIRST NATIONS LEADERS DIVIDED: The head of the Assembly of First Nations says Indigenous leaders are divided on the fate of the i...

HALIFAX - It’s all up to Annie Leibovitz now. Unless the famed American photographer personally signs off on an exhibit to display her iconic portraits, they will remain in storage at the Art Ga...

OTTAWA - Canadian officials are praising a U.S. decision to drop a contentious border tax proposal, suggesting its death signals an open-mindedness in the Trump administration on open borders and free...

LUNENBURG, N.S. - The RCMP are seeking the public’s help in the theft of an historic object once owned by Nova Scotia’s most famous sea captain - Capt. Angus Walters, skipper of the schoon...

SASKATOON - The Saskatoon Health Region has apologized to Indigenous women who felt coerced into surgery that prevented them from bearing more children. The agency commissioned an independent report e...

TORONTO - A Federal Court judge has ruled that the government was right to revoke an aircraft mechanic’s security clearance because his father was a member of a motorcycle gang. The ruling found...

MONTREAL - The owner of a Montreal spice shop that is struggling financially says he may close it because of pressure from Quebec’s language watchdog over an English-only website. Peter Bahlawan...

OTTAWA - The Canadian military is hoping the recent withdrawal of one of its Aurora surveillance planes from the fight against the Islamic State will help ease what had become a serious strain on the ...

MONCTON, N.B. - The head of a company that pays people to donate blood plasma says he’s hoping to get at least 1,000 donors a week at a newly opened clinic in New Brunswick. Canadian Plasma Reso...

VANCOUVER - Four Sri Lankan men accused of bringing dozens of Tamil migrants to Canada aboard a dilapidated cargo vessel eight years ago have been found not guilty of human smuggling. Prosecutors argu...