Category Archives: Canada

Dennis Oland’s lawyers have asked the Supreme Court of Canada to acquit him of second-degree murder based on five issues of “public importance,” including evidence they argue was at ...

OTTAWA - John McCallum, Canada’s new ambassador to China, says human rights and labour standards will form part of any potential free trade agreement between the two countries. Formal trade nego...

YORK, P.E.I. - The Prince Edward Island seed company caught up in controversy over Cheerios’ “Bring Back the Bees” campaign is defending itself - and says it has no regrets. Veseys S...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s government is winning praise for its plan - thought to be a Canadian first - to give political parties a financial incentive to field more women candidates. Premier...

CHARLOTTETOWN - A teenaged hockey player and his father are facing charges following an alleged assault on a referee during a game in Prince Edward Island. The RCMP say the official received minor inj...

It’s anyone’s guess how BooBoo the cat travelled more than 3,000 kilometres from California to Canada, but its American owner says she can’t wait to be reunited with her brown tabby,...

VANCOUVER - The deep-rooted effects of Canada’s residential school system must be considered in the sentencing of a drunk driver who killed three people after mowing down two cyclists on a Briti...

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan woman who along with her husband tried to fake his death has received a six-month conditional sentence that includes four months of house arrest. Michelle Ross of...

VANCOUVER - One of the first questions Mark McMorris asked doctors following a horrific crash over the weekend was if he would be healthy in time to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics. His older brot...

Quebec’s public security minister says he’s ready to act to prevent high-ranking provincial police officers from having second jobs outside the force. Martin Coiteux says he’ll modif...