Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - The Battle of Alberta - 2017 NHL playoff edition - is in full swing at the Alberta legislature. The first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs has started with the Calgary Flames taking on the ...

CALGARY - A Calgary man jailed in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in Canadian history has failed in his attempt to have his conviction overturned. Milowe Brost was sentenced to 12 years in prison for...

TORONTO - The CBC attempted to cram 150 years of Canadian history into the 10-hour docu-drama “Canada: The Story of Us.” By many accounts, it’s not doing so well. But this isn’...

OTTAWA - Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi says legalizing marijuana is already proving to be a “tremendous” undertaking for the provinces and territories - and it’s only going to...

OTTAWA - Polar bears and the Canadian monarch butterfly have been added to an international list of species and subspecies that are at risk of disappearing entirely from the planet. The list is part o...

VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia is set to vote on a new sexual misconduct policy in the wake of allegations it mishandled complaints against a PhD history student and former creative wr...

WINNIPEG - The parents of a woman who disappeared last summer fought back tears Wednesday as they stood before the house where police believe she was murdered. George and Melinda Wood bowed their head...

OTTAWA - A member of the Canadian Forces is facing four counts of sexual assault. The charges against Pte. Bryant Taylor stem from alleged sexual assaults against three other students undergoing basic...

OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party has bowed to pressure to change the leadership debate format for the final formal event later this month. Previous party debates had all 14 candidates on stage ...

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, April 12 --- YOUSAFZAI CHARMS, CHALLENGES PARLIAMENT: The teenage Nobel Peace Prize winner who famously survived a Taliban bullet in 2012 is now an honorar...