Category Archives: Canada
Budget bill 'unfair' for dismissing decades of overcharging veterans: watchdog
OTTAWA - Canada's veterans' watchdog is calling on MPs to remove a provision in the federal budget bill she said will paper over a technical mistake that led to veterans in long-term care being overch...
Feb 05, 2026
British man who lived in Vancouver convicted in overdose deaths of U.S. servicemen
A British man who was living in Vancouver has been convicted in the United States after an RCMP investigation into a dark web drug trafficking network dubbed "Canada1" led to the overdose deaths of tw...
Feb 05, 2026
Labour board rejected challenge of unpaid leave for unvaccinated federal staff: union
OTTAWA - Canada's largest federal public sector union says the federal labour relations board has dismissed its policy grievances over Ottawa's decision to put unvaccinated employees on leave without ...
Feb 05, 2026
Canadian Inuit head to Greenland to show solidarity, attend consulate opening
NUUK - As Canada prepares to launch its new consulate in Greenland this week, dozens of Inuit from across the Canadian Arctic flew into the Danish territory's capital Nuuk on Thursday to show solidari...
Feb 05, 2026
Wife sobs as she recounts discovery of drowned kids at husband's murder trial
The mother of two children drowned by their father in a Laval, Que., home sobbed as she testified about the day they were discovered dead in the family home in October 2022. "I didn't know I would nev...
Feb 05, 2026
Alberta's Smith owes answers before separation vote: former federal minister Dion
EDMONTON - The man who helped write the rules on separation votes in Canada says if Alberta's premier is going to take her province down that "worrying" path, she has a duty to spell out to everyone h...
Feb 05, 2026
Supreme Court to hear long-running case about Air Canada's advertised pricing
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear arguments on a class-action lawsuit that alleged Air Canada charged passengers more than the advertised ticket price. The long-running case was ...
Feb 05, 2026
Here are all the Toronto officers charged in a corruption and organized crime probe
Eight current and retired Toronto police officers have been charged in an organized crime and corruption investigation. The sprawling investigation led by York regional police alleges Toronto officers...
Feb 05, 2026
Seven Toronto cops charged in corruption, organized crime investigation: York police
Seven Toronto police officers and one retired officer are among 27 suspects facing charges in an organized crime and corruption investigation that the chief says has shaken the "very foundation" of pu...
Feb 05, 2026
Three Nova Scotia youths on hockey team face sexual assault charges after hazing
HALIFAX - Three youths are facing sexual assault charges after Nova Scotia RCMP received a complaint about a hockey team's hazing ritual last fall, prompting an investigation that is expected to lead ...
Feb 05, 2026