Category Archives: Canada

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Aug. 4 --- PM SAYS GOVERNMENT CAN HANDLE ASYLUM SEEKER SURGE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada has the resources and the capacity to deal with the su...

MONTREAL - A former political aide to ex-Quebec premier Pauline Marois has pleaded guilty to counselling a criminal offence that was not committed. Ernest Murray was part of a group of seven people, i...

OTTAWA - Parliament Hill was absorbed by the scandal that was Anthony Scaramucci this week, with even the most focused of policy-makers wondering how their best-laid plans on NAFTA could possibly deli...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s NDP government is bringing back the province’s human rights commission, which was scuttled by the previous Liberal regime in 2002 in favour of a complaint-dr...

MAXVILLE, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, long an outspoken champion of Canada’s reputation for welcoming newcomers, added a bracing dose of reality Friday as he urged would-be migrants to...

An Ontario man who managed to trademark the name of the county he lives in says he has decided to relinquish the trademark to the local government. Michael Stinson caused a stir among Haliburton Count...

EDMONTON - An Alberta man convicted of the brutal sex attack of an Indigenous woman whom the Crown had jailed to ensure her testimony has lost a bid for a mistrial. Lance David Blanchard was found gui...

VICTORIA - Crews battling aggressive wildfires across British Columbia have been faced with hot weather and difficult conditions, but officials say the theft and damage of equipment is the most frustr...

MONTREAL - Forget Vancouver and Toronto - Canada’s hottest housing market these days may be Montreal. The Greater Montreal Real Estate Board released data Friday showing that 3,075 homes were so...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s health officials are considering plans to offer an overdose reversing drug online and urging drug users not to use alone after an 88 per cent increase in deaths. C...