Category Archives: Canada

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, May 18 --- U.S. LAUNCHES NAFTA TALKS: The U.S. has given official indication that it wants to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. U.S. Comm...

OTTAWA - Canada is dealing with an opioid crisis of “unprecedented proportions”, Health Minister Jane Philpott said Thursday as she spoke in defence of a new law that removes 26 strict req...

GORES LANDING, Ont. - The case of a muskrat found badly injured in a diaper box has triggered an investigation by Ontario’s provincial police. Investigators say they’ve determined the musk...

HALIFAX - Ten things you should know about the Transportation Safety Board report on the 2015 crash landing of Air Canada Flight 624 at Halifax Stanfield International Airport: 1. Multiple factors wer...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Police Department says its members will walk in the city’s Pride parade this year. The department says representatives have been in discussion with groups including the...

OTTAWA - Former cabinet minister Vic Toews says ethics commissioner Mary Dawson made findings that are “inaccurate and inconsistent with the evidence” in ruling that he violated conflict-o...

HALIFAX - (Liberals-Health) Nova Scotia’s Liberal Party is promising to ensure Nova Scotians have better access to highly trained medical specialists. The party’s candidate for Sydney-Whit...

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament will be burning the midnight oil next month as the Trudeau government rushes to pass a sheaf of bills before the summer break. Government House leader Bardish Chagger se...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s highest court has struck down a section of the province’s Traffic Safety Act that allows authorities to suspend the licences of suspected drunk drivers until their cas...

Victoria’s suspended police chief quit Thursday amid an investigation into his sexually charged Twitter messages to the wife of a subordinate officer. The Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board sai...