Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Changes the Liberals have made to the way judges are appointed would not necessarily prevent someone who believes in stereotypes about sexual assault cases from presiding over one of those tr...

OTTAWA - The head of the Senate’s ethics committee says all options are on the table when it comes to possible punishments for Sen. Don Meredith over his sexual relationship with a 16-year-old g...

PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - The mother of a British Columbia teenager who took her own life after enduring cyberbullying says it’s “just surreal” that the Dutch man charged in her daughte...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - From extreme pack ice to record-breaking snow, it’s the winter that just won’t let go across much of Newfoundland. There are at least 230 centimetres of snow on th...

Six stories in the news for Tuesday, April 4 --- NO SEATS CHANGE HANDS IN FIVE FEDERAL BYELECTIONS The seating grid in the House of Commons is unchanged following five federal byelections. The Liberal...

TORONTO - With the start of summer vacations just a few months away, the country’s top doctor is urging Canadians to make sure their measles vaccinations are up to date, especially for those pla...

OTTAWA - The final outcomes of Monday’s federal byelections might appear to do little to change the political landscape in the House of Commons, since no seats changed hands among the parties. I...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he’s now ready to move ahead with a health-care funding deal with Ottawa. Pallister had earlier accused the federal government of threatening to ...

EDMONTON - Another investigation has cleared former Alberta premier Alison Redford of wrongdoing on how she selected a law firm to sue tobacco companies on behalf of the province. Redford was Alberta&...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s two conservative parties, working on a deal to join forces, are at odds when it comes to social clubs for gay students in schools. Wildrose Leader Brian Jean says he disagre...