Category Archives: Canada

SUFFIELD, Alta. - The possibility of a terrorist attack using biological or chemical weapons makes the focus of a 15-day NATO training exercise at Canada’s largest training base even more import...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, July 26 ISIL CLAIMS ATTACK THAT KILLED FRENCH PRIEST: The Islamic State group crossed a new threshold Tuesday in its war against the West, as two of its foll...

EDMONTON - An Alberta judge who overturned a teenager’s acquittal on a sexual assault charge has delivered a scathing “No means No” lesson to a lower-court colleague and his take on ...

GATINEAU, Que. - The federal Green party has issued a statement saying it regrets distributing a poll in Victoria containing unreliable data just before voting day last October. The statement, from pa...

OTTAWA - Canada has so far forked over more than $311 million to develop the F-35 - without any guarantee it will actually buy the multibillion-dollar stealth fighter. The most recent instalment was m...

VICTORIA - There will be no reprieve from a new tax on foreign buyers who have signed contracts to purchase homes in Metro Vancouver, where they snapped up almost 10 per cent of recent property sales,...

TORONTO - A retirement home in north Toronto is preparing to welcome an unusual resident: Ludwig, an artificially intelligent robot. Adorned with spiky mauve-coloured hair, green-tinged eyes and a few...

HALIFAX - A researcher studying public reaction to the Jian Ghomeshi case says social media scrutiny of the trial could lead to “crowd-sourced reforms” for how the legal system handles sex...

OTTAWA - Canada’s banking regulator is requiring certain financial institutions to conduct stress tests to determine how they would deal with a 50 per cent downturn in Vancouver real estate pric...

VAUDREUIL-DORION, Que. - A man was injured on Tuesday after a gunfire exchange with police just west of Montreal, authorities said. The incident began when officers in a cruiser tried intercepting a d...