Category Archives: Canada

EDMONTON - Scientists finally have been able to pin down when bison first arrived in North America and helped set the stage for the Great Plains that eventually supported the continent’s first h...

MONTREAL - A Montreal-area weekly newspaper has removed an editorial cartoon from its website depicting Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard stoning a former Muslim colleague. The work shows Couillard dr...

TORONTO - A federal prisoner says he was asleep in bed when guards burst into his cell and beat him in what he called an orchestrated retaliation for various complaints he has made - allegations autho...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is heading to Iowa at the request of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to promote Canada’s trade relationship with the United States. Wall says he offered Sas...

SAINT-JEROME, Que. - Homemade video footage of a 1990s European ski trip shown at Bertrand Charest’s sex assault trial Monday included scenes of two young female ski students who seemed uneasy a...

VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark wants an independent panel to review political financing in British Columbia, but her political opponents are accusing the Liberal government of delaying reforms by no...

VANCOUVER - A campaign to ban employers from requiring female workers to wear high heels on the job has gained the backing of British Columbia Premier Christy Clark. The intent of a private memberR...

OTTAWA - A security breach at Statistics Canada’s main website prompted the government to shut down a number of services over the weekend, including electronic tax filing at the Canada Revenue A...

OTTAWA - The chorus of voices calling on Sen. Don Meredith to resign in the wake of a damning ethics probe into his sexual relationship with a 16-year-old is growing, along with expectations that a vo...

FREDERICTON - They met on a blind date, and he popped the question at one of the iconic landmarks of the Acadian people. Canada’s youngest premier - New Brunswick’s telegenic Brian Gallant...