Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The Toronto Star led nominations for the prestigious Michener Award for public service journalism. The newspaper secured two of the six short-listed nominations for the award, one on its own ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his embattled defence minister endured a withering question-period offensive Monday as opposition MPs accused Harjit Sajjan of “stolen valour” fo...

OTTAWA - Paul Kershaw loves his 72-year-old mother and his 101-year-old grandmother. But they represent a growing challenge for the country, and Kershaw, 42, will be counting on younger age groups to ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia NDP Leader Gary Burrill says his party will spend $120 million over four years to build new primary care clinics and to hire more doctors, nurses and nurse practitioners. Burrill...

TORONTO - At 13, Christie was smoking pot daily. In time, she began dabbling in cocaine. But it wasn’t until she was prescribed Percocet by her dentist following wisdom teeth removal in her earl...

TORONTO - A lawyer for Don Meredith said on Monday the senator will not address sexual-harassment allegations contained in a published news report. The weekend article by HuffPost Canada cited a forme...

HALIFAX - Stephen McNeil is a soft-spoken man with a lower-register voice and a somewhat imposing 6-foot-5 frame. He doesn’t always exude warmth on TV, and he understands that. “Some might...

OTTAWA - The Liberals are putting some water in their parliamentary wine, but their political rivals argue they are still forcing the opposition parties to drink it. “It’s very clear that ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Dwight Ball, whose 16 months running Newfoundland and Labrador have been one of the rockiest stints of any Canadian premier, found himself at the centre of a fresh uproar Mond...

WHITEHORSE - Dozens of aftershocks rattled parts of southern Yukon and northern British Columbia after a strong earthquake shook the area Monday. The tremors cut power and closed schools in Whitehorse...