Category Archives: Canada

CHARLOTTETOWN - A former RCMP constable has been charged with 12 weapons offences after more than 70 firearms were seized from his Prince Edward Island home. Forty-three-year-old Jeffrey Rae Gillis is...

OTTAWA - “The (Green party’s) resolution process is very different from other parties. Members come up with resolutions independently. Neither the leader nor anyone in the executive of the...

EDMONTON - The NDP wants Alberta’s chief electoral officer to investigate Progressive Conservative leadership hopeful Jason Kenney’s political fundraising activities. Alberta NDP Provincia...

OTTAWA - The top public servant at the department overseeing the troubled Phoenix payroll system says officials are trying to get to the root causes of issues with the new system in order to restore t...

MIRAMICHI, N.B. - The son of Parliament Hill shooting hero Kevin Vickers is being commended for his part in saving a woman’s life - again. Const. Andrew Vickers of Miramichi police responded Tue...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will ask those tasked with developing a short list of candidates for the Supreme Court to include judges from Atlantic Canada, but that does not mean someone fro...

TORONTO - Three years after sparking a firestorm of controversy, a notorious video featuring Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine was made public on Thursday, a move that angered the late Toronto mayor̵...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will hear a Crown appeal in the extradition case of a mother and uncle accused in connection with a so-called honour killing in India. Jaswinder (Jassi) Sidhu was ...

MONTREAL - Valeant Pharmaceuticals says it is co-operating with authorities after a media report said it is under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s office trying to determine whether its acti...

OTTAWA - An early-morning tip from FBI investigators triggered a “race against time” as police scrambled to identify and locate a balaclava-wearing would-be suicide bomber they feared was ...