Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - Supporters of a 17-year-old Calgary girl who was randomly kidnapped and sexually assaulted by two brothers nearly two years ago sent the judge a silent message at a court appearance Wednesda...

OTTAWA - Nunavut MP Hunter Tootoo, who cited an alcohol problem for leaving the Liberal caucus and cabinet earlier this year, apologized Wednesday for what he called a “consensual but inappropri...

GATINEAU, Que. - The families of missing or murdered indigenous women and girls are being promised they will now have someone to turn to when they need help navigating the justice system. “Some ...

OTTAWA - Fewer Canadian mothers - especially those with young children - participate in the job market compared to moms in many wealthy countries, says a newly released internal federal analysis. The ...

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Aug. 3 FEDS HAND OVER LONG-SOUGHT INQUIRY TO 5 COMMISSIONERS: Family members wiped away tears as the federal government outlined the terms of an inquiry in...

OTTAWA - Cases of aboriginal women going missing or being found dead, often with little or no public attention, date back many decades. The outcry that has prompted the federal Liberal government to c...

YORKTON, Sask. - A Saskatchewan man has been charged with uttering threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Christopher Hayes appeared briefly in a Yorkton courtroom. RCMP say the 41-year-old al...

MONTREAL - Human remains found last week in Quebec’s Gaspe region might be those of Irish immigrants fleeing the potato famine who died in an 1847 shipwreck, Parks Canada said Wednesday. Archaeo...

VICTORIA - Lisa Kraus says it’s been a difficult two years in the tiny central British Columbia community of Likely, where the collapse of a massive tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine opened ...

TORONTO - A year after a brazen shooting at a packed Toronto nightclub claimed the lives of two young people, the victims’ families say they’re still grappling to understand how and why it...