Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The RCMP will launch a new national effort to eliminate sexual misconduct in the workplace after an internal review criticized the police force’s response to an “egregious” ...

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Tony Clement launched his bid for the leadership of his party earlier this week. Here’s a look at who else is in, who’s out and who’s still on the fence. In:...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s new panel on the future of the oilsands hasn’t held its first meeting, but most of its members have already been getting together for years. “When I first starte...

OTTAWA - Another chapter in the Senate expense scandal closed Wednesday as the Crown officially withdrew charges of fraud and breach of trust against Sen. Patrick Brazeau. Here’s a timeline: Jun...

Toronto city council has approved three supervised injection sites at existing downtown health-care facilities. Council voted 36-3 Thursday to support the services aimed at providing a safe and hygien...

OTTAWA - Spending in the upper chamber still needs to be cleaned up, Sen. Patrick Brazeau said Thursday as he promised to push for more changes when he makes his triumphant return to the Senate in the...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, July 14 — CANADIAN TROOPS TO HAVE PEACEKEEPING ROLE IN AFRICA: The head of Canada’s military says Canadian soldiers will soon be in Africa. Gen....

OTTAWA - Employers must have just cause for firing a federally regulated worker who lacks union protection, the Supreme Court of Canada says. In a ruling Thursday, the high court said the dismissal of...

OTTAWA - Using micro-targeted policies and politics to attract specific, narrow groups of voters is a strategy the Conservatives must abandon if they are to find their way back to government, says the...

MONCTON, N.B. - A Moncton, N.B., doctor who checked the medical files of more than 100 young women, including co-workers, waitresses and women he met at the gym and bars, has been fired. Dr. Fernando ...