Category Archives: Canada

OLD PERLICAN, N.L. - A rescue group says there is nothing it can do to help a whale trapped in the icy waters off Newfoundland. Whale Release and Strandings says the ice in Cook’s Cove near Old ...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government should tread carefully on a Liberal promise to find a new way of making sure elderly benefits keep pace with rising costs, newly released documents suggest. The idea of...

OTTAWA - Canada’s military ombudsman has dropped the gloves in what appears to have become a tense battle with National Defence, accusing officials of “insidious” attacks whenever hi...

TORONTO - The Independent Police Oversight Review under Court of Appeal Justice Michael Tulloch is scheduled to release its report and recommendations on police oversight and accountability in Ontario...

TORONTO - Just how Ontario’s police should be policed is the topic of a major report expected Thursday in which a judge with the province’s top court will reveal the results of his compreh...

CALGARY - A panel is to get an update this week on the mental-health treatment of a man who stabbed five young people to death at a house party three years ago. A judge found Matthew de Grood not crim...

TORONTO - Canada’s money-laundering watchdog drafted a document warning the real estate sector to be on guard for “specific ethnic communities” dealing with terrorism and war, before...

VANCOUVER - A vigilante group that claims to expose alleged pedophiles is facing two defamation lawsuits in British Columbia including one from a man who criticized the group’s practices in an o...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick wants to be your marijuana supplier. The Liberal government, led by 34-year-old Brian Gallant, sees weed as green gold - an important creator of revenue and jobs in a provi...

VANCOUVER - Carbon monoxide is called the silent killer, but most homeowners in Canada aren’t required to install inexpensive life-saving detectors along with smoke alarms, says the Canadian Ass...