Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Taking part in his third pride parade as prime minister on Sunday, Justin Trudeau said the world looks to Canada for leadership in the fight for universal recognition of the human rights of...

OTTAWA - Prior to the Liberals’ Syrian resettlement program, the largest single group of refugees brought to Canada were Iraqis. Here is a look, by the numbers, of how that group compares to the...

OTTAWA - Thousands of Iraqi refugees found less work and earned less money in Canada than refugees from elsewhere who arrived during the same period, according to an internal government case study int...

BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - When 14-year-old Jillian speaks of her generation’s widespread practice of sending naked selfies to others, she describes both its inherent dangers - and what for some is an ...

WASHINGTON - The Canadian government has begun a wide-ranging exercise to plan for the potential effects of the American election, including the possibility of a President Donald Trump threatening to ...

OTTAWA - Ontario’s auto sector absorbed a far greater economic wallop during the financial crisis than the damage low oil prices have inflicted on Alberta, says an internal federal analysis. The...

WINNIPEG - The wife of a man who died after suffering an epileptic seizure while in custody at the Winnipeg Remand Centre says facility staff denied her husband his epilepsy medication in the days lea...

CALGARY - The appeal of both the conviction and sentence given to parents who failed to get proper medical treatment for their son before he died of bacterial meningitis could take years, say legal ex...

TORONTO - A ticket purchased in British Columbia claimed Saturday night’s $21 million Lotto 649 jackpot. The guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a ticket sold in the Prairies. The jackpot for...

OTTAWA - The delays plaguing the justice system have become a crisis that could result in the release of thousands of criminals, say the senators behind a new report that explores how long it takes fo...