Category Archives: Canada

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The police officer who shot and killed a man in his Newfoundland home used faulty judgment but appropriate force, says an inquiry head who chides the RCMP’s “less ...

Toronto’s Trump International Hotel and Tower will soon no longer bear the Trump name, a change experts say is likely the result of the U.S. president alienating customers who disagree with his ...

SYDNEY, N.S. - A young aboriginal man who sexually assaulted a 16-year-old friend “exhibits great potential” despite a difficult upbringing and should not face a lengthy jail term, a Nova ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A massive, fast-moving fire at a public housing complex has forced about 35 people out of their homes in a blaze that sent large plumes of smoke billowing above St. John’...

TORONTO - Dominic Ardonato doesn’t see much reason to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. The retired high school teacher complains about a disappointing economy, racial divides, and politi...

Six stories in the news for Tuesday, June 27 --- U.S. SLAPS ADDITIONAL DUTIES ON CANADIAN SOFTWOOD Canadian softwood now faces average duties of about 27 per cent after the U.S. Department of Commerce...

BOYLE, Alta. - Edmonton fighter Tim Hague, who died after getting knocked out in the second round of a boxing match earlier this month, was remembered as a devoted father during a celebration of life ...

FLINT, Mich. - The Flint, Michigan, airport officer stabbed in the neck during what authorities are investigating as a terrorist act has been discharged from a hospital. A spokeswoman for Hurley Medic...

STAND OFF, Alta. - The organization that delivers health programs for the Alberta government has fired two employees over a racial slur made against an indigenous educator. Last week Alberta Health Se...

VANCOUVER - A woman who has accused British Columbia’s former RCMP spokesman of sexual assault defended sending him friendly emails after the alleged attack during a heated cross-examination Mon...