Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The new child-care deal the Liberal government has signed with most provinces might not be a universal program, but Families Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said it could make way for one later dow...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Jurors in the Bill Cosby sexual assault case, weighing charges that could send him to prison for the rest of his life, drilled down Tuesday on what the TV star said happened inside h...

RED DEER, Alta. - A former Alberta politician has become the oldest Canadian to summit Mount Everest. John Oldring, who served as a member of the legislature from 1986 to 1993 after spending more than...

OTTAWA - Canada can no longer pretend it is a country rich with pristine lakes and rivers, the World Wildlife Fund said Monday in a report into the country’s waterways. After four years of resea...

MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - A sentencing hearing is to resume Tuesday for a teen who killed four people and injured seven in a shooting in La Loche, Sask., in January 2016. The shooting happened at a home in...

BURNABY, B.C. - A coalition of interest groups is calling on Canada’s six biggest banks and others to back away from providing funding for Kinder Morgan Canada’s controversial Trans Mounta...

HALIFAX - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will roll out more details today about Ottawa’s spending plans for the Royal Canadian Navy. Sajjan is expected to highlight investments in capabilities a...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s governing Liberals have retained every seat they won in the May 30 election, after a third judicial recount Monday confirmed a tight win on the province’s south sho...

Nine stories in the news for Monday, June 12 --- CANADA’S MEDICATION COSTS SECOND HIGHEST IN STUDY A new study says Canada had the second-highest medication costs for common conditions such as h...

OTTAWA - A court hearing begins today that will determine how long grievously ill Canadians must wait to find out if their right to a medically assisted death has been violated by the federal governme...