Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - Both sides say they are ready to move forward in the case of a man charged in the deaths of a Calgary woman and her five-year-old daughter. Edward Downey faces two counts of first-degree mur...

HALIFAX - Assembling the Lego-like blocks of Canada’s first Arctic offshore patrol ship on time and within budget is proving to be a “significant challenge” for the Irving Shipyard, ...

REGINA - The former deputy premier of Saskatchewan has been fined and lost his licence for a year for driving with 2 1/2 times the legal amount of alcohol in his system. Don McMorris pleaded guilty We...

Canada’s sports minister has a deep background in Paralympic sport as an athlete and leader. Carla Qualtrough says athletes will be able to compete to the best of their abilities in Rio de Janei...

TORONTO - A mentally ill man finally deported to Jamaica on Wednesday deserves compensation because his five years in immigration detention was inhumane, illegal and violated his rights, his lawyer to...

MONTREAL - The colleagues of a Canadian-Iranian university professor jailed in Iran are urging governments to apply pressure as her detention enters a third month with no end in sight. Homa Hoodfar, w...

GATINEAU, Que. - The big four TV service providers are defending how they rolled out new, trimmed-down TV packages earlier this year, denying in hearings Wednesday that they were being “paternal...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Former NHLer Terry Ryan laughed through tears Wednesday, recalling how playing ball hockey with fishermen now lost off Newfoundland made him feel like the superstar he might h...

Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- CANADIANS FINDINGS IT HARD TO SAVE: SURVEY A new poll suggests that about half of working Canadians would be hard-pressed to meet their financ...

TORONTO - A new poll suggests that about half of working Canadians would be hard-pressed to meet their financial obligations if their paycheque was delayed for a week. The survey released Wednesday by...