Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The federal government will soon announce a plan to bolster United Nations peace efforts in Africa, including trans-border operations, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Monday, as he wrappe...

TORONTO - Listeners told executives at CBC Radio they weren’t so keen on the new “Q” - and so Shad has been given the boot, with his last show airing Tuesday. After not quite 16 mont...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has lifted some restrictions on travel and activities in wooded areas after weekend rain that reduced the risk of wildfires. The province has announced the travel ban has been li...

HALIFAX - The society representing Nova Scotia’s lawyers says it won’t take its fight against accreditation for graduates of Trinity Western University law school to the Supreme Court of C...

TORONTO - A judge has ruled that a University of Toronto professor was falsely imprisoned at a Canadian Tire, but rejected claims that staff had threatened him and caused him to injure himself after l...

OTTAWA - Immigration holding facilities in Vancouver and Laval, Que., will be replaced as part of a $138-million overhaul intended to improve detention conditions for newcomers to Canada. The federal ...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Real Estate Association says July marked the third consecutive month of fewer home sales, as the Vancouver market slowed. The association said Monday the number of transactions f...

CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says regional representation is important but won’t guarantee the country’s top court will continue to have a judge from Atlantic...

Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press: --- GOODALE TO ANNOUNCE ANTI-TERROR PROGRAM The Trudeau Liberals are moving to further reassure Canadians that they have a handle on combating t...

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia woman hospitalized against her will under the Mental Health Act has won a legal battle with the provincial government over her right to have a publicly funded lawyer arg...