Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - A man with a marijuana grow-op in his basement has had his drug conviction thrown out because police had no right to enter his home - even though his four-year-old had been found wandering a...

CALGARY - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is taking a turf war with Alberta to its economic heart, inviting energy companies based in Calgary to move their headquarters to his province. In a letter to ...

HALIFAX - A new docu-drama series about the history of Canada has touched a raw nerve in a rural corner of Nova Scotia. Bill MacDonald, the mayor of Annapolis Royal, is leading a campaign to denounce ...

An Ontario university that stirred up controversy by removing the scales from its primary athletic facility says everyone now has the means of weighing themselves at the centre again. Ottawa’s C...

OTTAWA - A review of the Royal Military College of Canada has uncovered significant problems at the prestigious institution in Kingston, Ont., prompting a promise of immediate action from none other t...

HALIFAX - Standing in the shadow of Freetown’s towering Cotton Tree, Lt.-Cmdr. Paul Smith felt the weight of history as he stood in a spot that welcomed hundreds of free slaves who set out from ...

MONTREAL - Bombardier’s senior executives saw their compensation rise by nearly 50 per cent last year at a time when it laid off thousands of workers, sought government aid and saw the first CSe...

MONTREAL - Federal and provincial elected officials sought to reassure the public Wednesday after a report suggested some workers at Montreal’s airport may have been radicalized. Quebec’s ...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are putting on a political press to sell their child-care budget pledge, calling it ambitious in the face of questions about whether the funding is too modest to make a s...

HALIFAX - Milder weather is on its way to parts of the Maritimes, but a meteorologist warns that winter may not be loosening its grip on the region quite yet. Environment Canada meteorologist Bob Robi...