Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The fall of 2016 is shaping up as a period of crucial decisions by the federal government on climate policy and energy infrastructure. Here are some key dates: Sept. 20 - The federal governme...

TORONTO - A former inmate has launched a lawsuit against the Ontario government over conditions at a provincial jail, claiming a vicious beating he suffered behind bars was the result of the province&...

TORONTO - The director of the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs has been nominated as vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge. The nomination of Prof. Stephen Toope - ...

VICTORIA - A ceremony involving the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meant to symbolize the reconciliation of British Columbia’s Aboriginal Peoples has been rebuffed by a First Nations group. Grand...

SOUTHWOLD, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police say a 26-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy are facing a total of 54 charges arising from an incident that sent four officers to hospital and left four crui...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has rejected a serial killer’s application to have a new trial based on a claim that a judge implied the man’s lawyers behaved unethically....

OTTAWA - A fresh bout of bickering over health care spending loomed on Canada’s political horizon Monday as the federal Liberal government came under opposition fire for its apparent refusal to ...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - New Brunswick’s premier is making a passionate plea for tolerance on bilingualism, as he seeks to debunk long-standing “myths” of its costs amid a perceived increa...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna has a final environmental assessment of the Pacific NorthWest LNG project in hand, with the federal Liberal cabinet set to meet Tuesday in the national ...

KINGSTON, Ont. - Tragically Hip fans are being asked to vote for Hip lyrics that will be engraved on a commemorative stone in the band’s hometown of Kingston, Ont. City council - following sugge...