Category Archives: Canada

BANGOR, Maine - A retired RCMP officer accused of smuggling narwhal tusks across the border pleaded guilty Wednesday in a U.S. court to 10 money-laundering counts. Prosecutors said Gregory Logan, 59, ...

Government research has found the presence of a chemical used in pesticides in fish, birds and a mammal from the St. Lawrence River to the south Florida coast. “We found 100 per cent detection f...

OTTAWA - The NDP is calling on the Liberal government to immediately rescind a directive that allows security agencies to use information that may have been obtained through torture. The Liberals - wh...

MONTREAL - The Montreal SPCA is mounting a legal challenge against the city over its newly adopted pit bull ban, the animal-welfare organization announced Wednesday. Animal advocacy director Alanna De...

TORONTO - The family of a black Ontario man killed by police after a routine traffic stop has launched a lawsuit against members of a Toronto-area force, alleging officers engaged in racial profiling ...

VANCOUVER - A judge who sentenced a former British Columbia notary to six years in prison says she abused her position of trust by luring people into a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of million...

EDMONTON - An Alberta First Nation says court documents suggest political and industry pressure hustled approvals for an oilsands pipeline through regulators and reduced aboriginal consultation. ̶...

TORONTO - A senior Ontario cabinet minister is coming to Nestle’s defence, suggesting public opposition to the renewal of the multinational company’s water-taking permit in a small communi...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said Wednesday he has no plans to raise taxes in next year’s budget, but will listen to people who might want a tax hike. Pallister has launched pre-b...

MONTREAL - Homa Hoodfar will make her long-awaited return to Canada on Thursday after spending nearly four months in an Iranian prison. The retired Canadian-Iranian anthropology professor was released...