Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Transport Canada says new cars and small trucks will have to be equipped with rear-view camera systems starting in May 2018. The new regulations have been formally posted in the Canada Gazett...

VANCOUVER - Squabbling by provinces in the run-up to a new health accord points to the need for an agency that would share regional health-care innovations with the rest of the country, says an editor...

OTTAWA - The fiery crash of an Air France jet in Toronto led to urgent calls to improve airport safety in 2005, but the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says more than a decade later, the federal...

TORONTO - The treatment of an inmate held in segregation for four years is “extremely disturbing,” Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said Monday, but she declined to call it torture. Adam Cap...

OTTAWA - The lawyer for Dennis Oland says his client does not want to be “haunted” by the prospect of another unsuccessful bail hearing if his second murder trial takes an “unfortuna...

A decapitated statue of baby Jesus outside a Catholic church in northern Ontario will remain headless this Christmas, as the church says it will be months before the head can be reattached. The statue...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has recommended six more Canadians to be appointed to the Senate. Here’s a brief look at each: Gwen Boniface A police officer and lawyer, Boniface was the ...

EDMONTON - A judge has changed his flawed murder verdict to manslaughter in the high-profile case of Travis Vader - a satisfying fix for the family of two missing seniors he was convicted of killing, ...

OTTAWA - Ontario Provincial Police commissioner Vince Hawkes uses one word to describe what his predecessor Gwen Boniface will bring to the Senate: “integrity.” It might not be the first w...

CALGARY - Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) will sell the Petro-Canada lubricants business for $1.125 billion to HollyFrontier Corp. of Dallas under a proposed deal announced Monday by the two companies. Calgary...