Category Archives: Canada

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard is ordering members of his cabinet to boycott the radio show of a former Liberal minister charged with fraud. A directive from his office prohibits cabinet ministers ...

Halifax police say a taxi driver facing a sexual assault charge has now been charged in connection with another assault involving a taxi passenger. Police arrested a 44-year-old man on July 9, shortly...

OTTAWA - A new analysis says an NDP proposal to boost pension benefits for families of deceased Canadian Forces and RCMP veterans could hurt Ottawa’s bottom line by more than $6 billion. The NDP...

OTTAWA - The federal government has a list of 29 prominent Canadian women it thinks deserve to have buildings named in their honour, but very little has been done with it. Status of Women prepared the...

MONTREAL - Jurors at Richard Henry Bain’s first-degree murder trial will deliberate for a sixth day after failing to come to a verdict Wednesday. Justice Guy Cournoyer accepted their request for...

OTTAWA - Mauril Belanger loved Parliament so it seems fitting that it has become something of a shrine to the veteran Liberal MP who died Tuesday after a courageous battle with an incurable neurodegen...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government has reorganized itself in a major shakeup of government departments. Premier Dwight Ball announced four new departments, made up of pa...

HALIFAX - A ban on activities in Nova Scotia’s woods has been lifted across the mainland after a day of heavy rainfall. The ban on camping, hiking or visiting woods was announced last week in an...

OTTAWA - Canadians need to think about how far police should be allowed to go in accessing their electronic devices and communications, the federal public safety minister says. A federal review of cyb...

MONTREAL - Pit bulls purchased after September will be banned from Montreal’s territory, the city announced Wednesday in response to several recent attacks throughout the province. Current owner...