Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Canada is in talks with the United Nations about donating money to a special trust fund set up for victims of sexual abuse by peacekeepers, a senior UN official revealed on Wednesday. Atul Kh...

(NSElxn-Tories-Health) Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative leader says the health care system has long struggled with such problems as emergency room closures and doctor shortages, but worsen...

COQUITLAM, B.C. - A man found not criminally responsible for killing his three children because of a mental disorder is making slow progress but still faces serious anger issues, a psychiatrist says. ...

MONTREAL - A Montreal police officer has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a man in a drug raid last year. Christian Gilbert hit Bony Jean-Pierre in the head with a plastic bullet as the ...

MONCTON, N.B. - TD has announced plans for a new call centre in Moncton, N.B., that the provincial government says will create up to 575 full-time jobs. The Toronto-based bank will receive up to $9 mi...

TEL AVIV, Israel - Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says he is ruling out a snap provincial election. Couillard said Wednesday he does not want to take advantage of his opponents’ perceived wea...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Premier Dwight Ball says he wants answers about what happened last week when people had to be swiftly airlifted out of Mud Lake, N.L., as the Churchill River suddenly rose dow...

VICTORIA - British Columbia entered a new stage of political uncertainty Wednesday as the final vote count from an election held more than two weeks ago confirmed the province’s first minority g...

CALGARY - Alberta’s child and youth advocate says the suicide of a 15-year-old indigenous boy reinforces how crucial it is that the voices of children in provincial care be heard. A report by De...

MONCTON, N.B. - Obtaining carbine rifles was a top priority for the RCMP three years before a shooting rampage in Moncton, N.B., but there were a number of elements to consider before front line offic...