Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - Opposition parties are accusing Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil of playing political games by refusing to rule out a quick election call after tabling the spring budget next month. McNeil...

TORONTO - Beleaguered Sen. Don Meredith’s new lawyer said he hoped to temper the intense emotions unleashed by an ethics report on his client’s affair with a teenager, adding the race card...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A sex doll at the centre of a trial in Newfoundland had some “breast budding” but is still “child-like,” a forensic psychiatrist testified Thursday. Dr...

NORTH PRESTON, N.S. - Members of a historic church just east of Halifax will soon work out a plan to return to the building after a fire tore through the upper reaches of what was a beloved gathering ...

MONTREAL - The author of a controversial article about Quebec that appeared in Maclean’s magazine this week has stepped down from his post at McGill University. Andrew Potter said in a social me...

WASHINGTON - The most common uses of Canadian dairy normally include milk, cream, yogurt, butter and cheese. But a new report suggests an altogether different application: use it as a bargaining chip....

Five stories in the news for Thursday, March 23: --- BUDGET 2017: ALCOHOL, TOBACCO TAXES RISING Starting today, Canadians will be paying more for alcohol and tobacco. As part of the 2017 federal budge...

OTTAWA - Dennis Oland was wrongly denied bail pending an appeal of his second-degree murder conviction, the Supreme Court of Canada says in a judgment that clarifies the grounds for granting release t...

BURNABY, B.C. - A coroner’s jury is recommending that transit police in the Vancouver area work more closely with mental health providers following the death of a man who repeatedly stabbed hims...

OTTAWA - A selection of just what was said Wednesday as Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled the Liberal government’s second federal budget: “As we create the jobs of tomorrow, we will sup...