Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - After 68 years of resistance, Canada is changing its mind and plans to ratify an international treaty that affirms the labour rights of workers - a move that sets it apart from its NAFTA part...

TORONTO - A Toronto-area food manufacturer and distributor is facing criminal charges after allegedly trying to pass off ordinary cheese as a kosher product. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has la...

OTTAWA - On Monday, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said the government would work out with Ontario and Quebec who would cover what costs as part of the response to ongoing flooding. Less than 24...

DEUX MONTAGNES, Que. - As Liz Smart sat in a canoe outside her Montreal-area home, surrounded by several feet of water, she joked about having to make sure her husband’s ashes were kept on high ...

Girls as young as 13 felt pressured to send intimate photos and were unaware they were being shared among a group of boys, a Nova Scotia court has been told. Six Bridgewater, N.S., boys have admitted ...

OTTAWA - Lost in the furor over Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s claims to have been the “architect” of a decade-old battle in Afghanistan are fears that country is again on the edge...

LOWER SACKVILLE, N.S. - Police say a 15-year-old boy managed to fool a convenience store clerk with a fake $50 bill that was made of paper and covered in Chinese characters. They say the boy asked the...

EDMONTON - Alberta Health Services says one patient contracted a bacterial infection associated with a machine that is used during open-heart surgery. Last December, the health agency notified about 1...

HALIFAX - (McNeil-Harris-Resigns) Premier Stephen McNeil says his campaign communications director resigned because he felt “under attack.” Last week the Tories raised questions about the ...

OTTAWA - When municipal officials were told last year about new tools to help them map the risk of flooding in their communities, they immediately raised red flags, suggesting they wanted no part of i...