Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Canada’s military ombudsman has dropped the gloves in what appears to have become a tense battle with National Defence, accusing officials of “insidious” attacks whenever hi...

TORONTO - The Independent Police Oversight Review under Court of Appeal Justice Michael Tulloch is scheduled to release its report and recommendations on police oversight and accountability in Ontario...

TORONTO - Just how Ontario’s police should be policed is the topic of a major report expected Thursday in which a judge with the province’s top court will reveal the results of his compreh...

CALGARY - A panel is to get an update this week on the mental-health treatment of a man who stabbed five young people to death at a house party three years ago. A judge found Matthew de Grood not crim...

TORONTO - Canada’s money-laundering watchdog drafted a document warning the real estate sector to be on guard for “specific ethnic communities” dealing with terrorism and war, before...

VANCOUVER - A vigilante group that claims to expose alleged pedophiles is facing two defamation lawsuits in British Columbia including one from a man who criticized the group’s practices in an o...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick wants to be your marijuana supplier. The Liberal government, led by 34-year-old Brian Gallant, sees weed as green gold - an important creator of revenue and jobs in a provi...

VANCOUVER - Carbon monoxide is called the silent killer, but most homeowners in Canada aren’t required to install inexpensive life-saving detectors along with smoke alarms, says the Canadian Ass...

TORONTO - The $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw was claimed by a lone ticket sold somewhere in Ontario. And the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize was also won by an On...

Winnipeg officials say about two dozen properties require sandbag dikes after river levels rose overnight on Friday. The number is down from 50 properties that would have been affected before the Red ...