Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Four men who allegedly trafficked drugs that caused a spate of recent non-fatal overdoses have been granted bail. Frederick Couture, Mathieu Quintal and Michel Bujold-Couturier will return ...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Aug. 21 --- PARTIAL ECLIPSE TAKES BITE OUT OF SUN: Canadians across the country put on protective glasses, glanced through solar telescopes and scrutinized pi...

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba politician who was kicked out of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus is asking a judge to strike down the province’s ban on floor-crossing as a violation of his c...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl from a Saskatchewan playground is to face a preliminary hearing this fall. The hearing for Jared John C...

TORONTO - The Globe and Mail is putting a stop to its daily print edition across Atlantic Canada later this year. Publisher Phillip Crawley said the national newspaper plans to halt production for the...

OTTAWA - U.S. imports of softwood from Germany have grown tenfold in the first half of the year as punishing duties pushed imports of Canadian softwood down. RBC Capital Markets analyst Paul Quinn est...

LONDON, Ont. - Embattled alternative mortgage lender Home Capital Group (TSX:HCG) is another step closer to rebuilding after an Ontario court approved the settlement of a $29.5 million class-action la...

OTTAWA - The push for an Indigenous chapter in a renegotiated NAFTA could require support from Indigenous Peoples south of the border as well as in Canada, says Assembly of First Nations National Chie...

TORONTO - The passionate advocacy work of Jerry Lewis has left an indelible mark in Canada, says the head of Muscular Dystrophy Canada. CEO Barbara Stead-Coyle credits much of today’s research b...

TORONTO - Further information on how a proposed nuclear-waste bunker near Lake Huron might affect area First Nations peoples is needed before the government decides whether to approve the project, fed...