Category Archives: Canada

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week during a visit to the country that will include a brief stop in the Palestinian territor...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, May 18 --- U.S. LAUNCHES NAFTA TALKS: The U.S. has given official indication that it wants to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. U.S. Comm...

OTTAWA - Canada is dealing with an opioid crisis of “unprecedented proportions”, Health Minister Jane Philpott said Thursday as she spoke in defence of a new law that removes 26 strict req...

GORES LANDING, Ont. - The case of a muskrat found badly injured in a diaper box has triggered an investigation by Ontario’s provincial police. Investigators say they’ve determined the musk...

HALIFAX - Ten things you should know about the Transportation Safety Board report on the 2015 crash landing of Air Canada Flight 624 at Halifax Stanfield International Airport: 1. Multiple factors wer...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Police Department says its members will walk in the city’s Pride parade this year. The department says representatives have been in discussion with groups including the...

OTTAWA - Former cabinet minister Vic Toews says ethics commissioner Mary Dawson made findings that are “inaccurate and inconsistent with the evidence” in ruling that he violated conflict-o...

HALIFAX - (Liberals-Health) Nova Scotia’s Liberal Party is promising to ensure Nova Scotians have better access to highly trained medical specialists. The party’s candidate for Sydney-Whit...

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament will be burning the midnight oil next month as the Trudeau government rushes to pass a sheaf of bills before the summer break. Government House leader Bardish Chagger se...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s highest court has struck down a section of the province’s Traffic Safety Act that allows authorities to suspend the licences of suspected drunk drivers until their cas...