Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - Federal transportation investigators say they are unable to identify an airborne object that caused a Toronto-bound plane to take evasive manoeuvres that left two flight attendants with mino...

KINGSTON, Ont. - An Ontario university says it is looking into reports of a costume party attended by undergraduates that has been condemned by student leaders because of racial stereotypes. A stateme...

OTTAWA - New Democrat MP Charlie Angus stepped aside as his party’s caucus chair and indigenous affairs critic Wednesday to contemplate a potential leadership bid. The 54-year-old northern Ontar...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is poised to introduce a bill Thursday that will deliver on some key Liberal promises to reform Canada’s election laws, even as suspicion lingers that they may re...

CRANBROOK, B.C. - A woman who was one of 27 wives to a leader of a British Columbia polygamous sect told a courtroom Wednesday that women and girls in the religious community were taught to be obedien...

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Nov. 23 --- CLOSING ARGUMENTS EXPECTED IN HAWKES’ TRIAL Closing arguments will be made today in the trial of a prominent Toronto pastor accused of perform...

KENTVILLE, N.S. - Brent Hawkes’ lawyer told his gross indecency trial Wednesday that the evidence against the Toronto pastor is “weird,” but the prosecutor contended that doesn’...

TORONTO - A 1912 oil sketch by Group of Seven member J.E.H. MacDonald sold for $230,000 at auction on Tuesday night, including a 15 per cent buyer’s premium. “Tracks and Traffic” was...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government said Tuesday it wants to buy 18 Super Hornets on a temporary basis until a competition can be held to replace Canada’s existing fleet of CF-18 fighter jets. The d...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau is suggesting that small municipalities won’t see much - if any - benefit from the federal government’s proposed new infrastructure bank. The bank, t...