Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are putting on a political press to sell their child-care budget pledge, calling it ambitious in the face of questions about whether the funding is too modest to make a s...

HALIFAX - Milder weather is on its way to parts of the Maritimes, but a meteorologist warns that winter may not be loosening its grip on the region quite yet. Environment Canada meteorologist Bob Robi...

TORONTO - A company that lost a $428-million federal contract in 2007 is calling on Canada’s top court to weigh in on the long-running case, arguing the fairness and integrity of the countryR...

Parks Canada is proposing an $86-million bike trail in Jasper National Park that would run from the Jasper townsite to the Columbia Icefields. The agency says it’s an opportunity to expand visit...

A Canadian woman detained in Turkey has been found guilty of insulting the country’s president, but said she has been released from prison as her lawyer pursues an appeal of the case. Ece Heper ...

Ottawa police leaders are asking fellow officers who are wearing wristbands in solidarity with a colleague charged in the 2016 death of a 37-year-old Somali-Canadian man to think carefully about the m...

The Nature Conservancy of Canada says it has purchased more than 1,000 hectares of property on the north shore of Lake Superior that is crucial to species such as bald eagles and peregrine falcons. It...

PICTON, Ont. - A southeastern Ontario community continues to grapple with a water crisis after a sunken barge leaked contaminants into a bay on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The mayor of Picton, On...

GRAVENHURST, Ont. - A man convicted of killing his son in a horrific case of child abuse will be allowed to temporarily leave prison while supervised to perform community service, which he said was pa...

TORONTO - Diana Panton is leading a double life. The Hamilton high school teacher hasn’t told her students much about her other career as a Juno-winning jazz musician, but as she contends for a ...