Category Archives: Canada

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...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has won a round in its battle against offshore tax cheats. Two banks have agreed to give the federal revenue minister information from the accounts of a Caribbean finan...

BANCROFT, Ont. - The court case of a Toronto Star columnist charged with assault has been postponed until next month. Rosie DiManno wasn’t in the Bancroft, Ont., courthouse Tuesday but a lawyer ...

HALIFAX - Canada needs cyberbullying laws that curb unwanted sharing of sexual pictures without always requiring police investigations, a law professor said Tuesday. Nova Scotia had a Cyber Safety Act...

LONDON - Two airline pilots charged with being drunk as they prepared to fly a passenger jet on a trans-Atlantic route to Toronto have been granted bail on condition they surrender their passports. Je...

CALGARY - A University of Calgary professor hopes his research will help firefighters spring into action more quickly when forest fires strike in remote areas. Quazi Hassan, who teaches geomatics engi...

MONTREAL - Richard Henry Bain’s longtime personal physician told his first-degree murder trial Tuesday he regrets not having referred his patient to a psychiatrist. Dr. Stan Van Duyse told juror...