Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - Few Canadian television events qualify as a momentous occasion for the nation, but Saturday’s Tragically Hip concert promises to be special. It seems like much of the country will be t...

TORONTO - The director of Canada’s anti-money laundering watchdog says the agency is studying how vulnerable certain emerging technologies, such as those being pioneered by so-called fintech sta...

SELKIRK, Man. - A Manitoba farmer has harvested a “yes” to a marriage proposal he plowed into a field. John Yokimas took his girlfriend, Sally Hnatiuk, for a plane ride. While airborne the...

SASKATOON - The family of hockey great Gordie Howe wants to return Mr. Hockey to his home. A city official says the family has requested that the cremated remains of Howe and his wife Colleen be inter...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives are questioning the impartiality of a lawyer named to the panel reviewing the environmental assessment process, saying the more than $33,000 he has donated to the Liberals, ...

YELLOWKNIFE - A study of lakes near one of Canada’s most contaminated industrial sites suggests the water immediately around Yellowknife’s Giant Mine won’t return to its natural stat...

ST-JEROME, Que. - The baby found dead in a parked car near a daycare centre north of Montreal was forgotten in the vehicle by the father, the CBC’s French service reported Thursday. Quoting unna...

HALIFAX - Courts cannot be used as a tool “to bring a world of hurt” on adversaries, a Nova Scotia judge has declared in the case of a retired lawyer who launched a barrage of legal action...

OTTAWA - With a fall deadline approaching, Canada’s chief negotiator in the softwood-lumber talks with the United States says the two sides remain far apart on several key issues. Martin Moen to...

MONTREAL - Jurors at the murder trial of Richard Henry Bain failed to reach a verdict Thursday after having a message sent to their loved ones that they were OK. They will return for a seventh day of ...