Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Canada’s spy agencies should destroy the data trails of innocent people they incidentally collect during terrorism investigations once the actual targets have been cleared of suspicion,...

OTTAWA - Supreme Court of Canada justices challenged Google’s lawyers Tuesday for arguing that the company’s own free speech rights are being compromised by a B.C. injunction ordering it t...

CRANBROOK, B.C. - The lawyer for one of three people with ties to a British Columbia polygamous community says the prosecution has not met the burden of proof that his client intended to remove a 13-y...

TORONTO - The typical Canadian family will spend up to $420 more on groceries and dining out next year, getting little relief from a recent drop in the cost of food, suggests a new report released Mon...

TORONTO - A group of Canadians charged with examining access to prescription drugs across the country is recommending that the federal government adopt a national, publicly funded pharmacare plan in c...

NELSON HOUSE, Man. - An outdoor education teacher from Miramachi, N.B., has been found dead near Nelson House, Man. David MacDonald’s body was found Sunday afternoon by members of the Nelson Hou...

OTTAWA - Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose is asking the federal lobbying and ethics watchdogs to take another look at so-called cash-for-access fundraisers featuring Prime Minister Justin Trud...

VICTORIA - A former sailor says she is launching a proposed class-action lawsuit to change the culture of harassment and abuse in the Canadian Armed Forces after the military rejected her complaints o...

OTTAWA - Canada’s petroleum industry lobby group told the federal government this summer that carbon tax revenues from oil and gas should be pumped back into the industry in order to “not ...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Dec. 5 --- FED, ONTARIO IN TALKS WITH AUTOMAKERS: The federal and Ontario governments are actively discussing major investments in the big automakers. Followi...