Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Maintaining a theory that Richard Henry Bain was psychotic the night he allegedly shot and killed a man on Quebec election night in 2012 ignores critical evidence indicating he was not ment...

TORONTO - Ontario New Democrat Cheri DiNovo is pulling out of the federal NDP’s leadership race because of health reasons. DiNovo, a member of the Ontario legislature, issued a statement saying ...

A study prepared by Canada’s federal prison ombudsman says Corrections Canada consistently blacked out possible errors or shortfalls documented in investigation reports into jail deaths sent to ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Eight months after a Labrador murder case fell apart because the infant victim’s brain went missing, the provincial government has called in Nova Scotia’s Chief Me...

A study prepared by Canada’s federal prison ombudsman says Corrections Canada consistently blacked out possible errors or shortfalls documented in investigation reports into jail deaths sent to ...

TORONTO - A Toronto man is accusing an airline of discrimination after he says he was barred from a flight because his wheelchair is about 13 centimetres too tall for the plane’s cargo area. Tim...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have decided a new advisory board, not the government, should select potential new judges to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada. The government announced Tuesday it will ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The federal Fisheries Department needs to start considering predators’ fate when it sets catch limits for small fish, a new report by WWF-Canada concludes. The conservat...

Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press: --- FOREIGN HOMEBUYER TAX IN B.C. TAKES EFFECT: A 15 per cent tax on foreign homebuyers in Metro Vancouver takes effect today. It was introduced...

VANCOUVER - Experts are expressing doubt a property transfer tax on foreign buyers that takes effect Tuesday will have a significant impact on housing affordability in Metro Vancouver. The next four t...