Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - It wasn’t long before Liberal Leader Christy Clark put her hand on the arm of her main rival, John Horgan, and told him to calm down during Thursday’s first debate of the B.C. ...

TORONTO - Vulnerable inmates are being put at risk due to Ontario’s highly flawed system of segregation, the province’s ombudsman said Thursday. In a hard-hitting report, Paul Dube said no...

TORONTO - More than two people each day are dying of opioid overdoses in Ontario, a grim tally that underscores the soaring use and abuse of the potent narcotics, researchers say. The rate of opioid-r...

VANCOUVER - A union representing staff at two B.C. newspapers says the employees have voted 82 per cent in favour of an agreement to save some jobs after dozens were served with layoff notices. Postme...

VICTORIA - An investment dealer and former Olympic rower who disappeared for nearly 18 months faces a civil lawsuit from investors alleging he ran a pyramid scheme with their money. A notice of civil ...

TORONTO - Staff with Ontario’s securities regulator alleged on Wednesday that two former CEOs and the current CFO of Home Capital Group Inc. broke the law in their handling of a scandal involvin...

OTTAWA - A think tank led by former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page has laid out some advice for the Trudeau government on how to make the federal watchdog truly independent. The list of recom...

WASHINGTON - In a private meeting inside the White House, the president of the United States groaned about Canadian dairy practices to a visiting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, lamenting that regulato...

MONCTON, N.B. - Athletes at the peak of their game aren’t letting pregnancy put them on the sidelines. On Wednesday, tennis star Serena Williams posted a picture of herself on Snapchat with the ...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals began work on a new immigration program to attract highly skilled labour before U.S. President Donald Trump took office. But what they’ll be watching for now is whe...