Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The Conservative leadership race now enters the final weeks with penultimate debate showcasing the task at hand for the majority of candidates: take down clear front-runner Maxime Bernier. We...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Wood Buffalo Mayor Melissa Blake says she’s not expecting last May’s wildfire to have much of an impact on the Fort McMurray area’s long-term population. Befor...

OTTAWA - Kevin O’Leary’s foray into politics lasted just over three months. Here is a chronology of that brief tenure: January 2016: O’Leary begins musing publicly about entering the...

OYSTER POND, N.S. - Three children and an adult were sent to hospital after a pickup truck rear-ended a school bus Wednesday on a rural highway east of Halifax. RCMP said the children and the driver d...

OTTAWA - Here is a chronology of the Royal Canadian Navy’s supply ship scandal which resulted in the suspension of a senior admiral 1969: Supply ship HMCS Protecteur commissioned. 1970: Supply s...

MONTREAL - It was five decades ago that Montreal welcomed the world to Expo 67, an international exhibition and iconic event that saw millions of visitors flock to the city over six months. The event ...

OTTAWA - Just over 800 Canadians received medical help to end their lives during the first six months of a federal law that restricts medical assistance in dying to individuals who are already near de...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man fighting a traffic ticket says he couldn’t have safely stopped for a red light because the amber signal was too short. James Aisaican-Chase, who is 71, pleaded not guil...

REGINA - A Canadian man has been charged in the United States with harbouring and transporting an alien in connection with a human smuggling investigation. Victor Omoruyi made his first court appearan...

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, April 26 --- KEVIN O’LEARY OUT OF CONSERVATIVE RACE: Celebrity investor and reality-TV star Kevin O’Leary is quitting the federal Conservative ...