Category Archives: Canada

Ottawa made no changes in the federal budget to the way capital gains are taxed, but Finance Minister Bill Morneau isn’t completely ruling out changes in the future. When asked about possible ch...

OTTAWA - New Democrat MP Nathan Cullen is planning a series of town-hall meetings in Liberal ridings across the country in an effort to resurrect the issue of electoral reform. Prime Minister Justin T...

HALIFAX - Opposition parties are accusing Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil of playing political games by refusing to rule out a quick election call after tabling the spring budget next month. McNeil...

TORONTO - Beleaguered Sen. Don Meredith’s new lawyer said he hoped to temper the intense emotions unleashed by an ethics report on his client’s affair with a teenager, adding the race card...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A sex doll at the centre of a trial in Newfoundland had some “breast budding” but is still “child-like,” a forensic psychiatrist testified Thursday. Dr...

NORTH PRESTON, N.S. - Members of a historic church just east of Halifax will soon work out a plan to return to the building after a fire tore through the upper reaches of what was a beloved gathering ...

MONTREAL - The author of a controversial article about Quebec that appeared in Maclean’s magazine this week has stepped down from his post at McGill University. Andrew Potter said in a social me...

WASHINGTON - The most common uses of Canadian dairy normally include milk, cream, yogurt, butter and cheese. But a new report suggests an altogether different application: use it as a bargaining chip....

Five stories in the news for Thursday, March 23: --- BUDGET 2017: ALCOHOL, TOBACCO TAXES RISING Starting today, Canadians will be paying more for alcohol and tobacco. As part of the 2017 federal budge...

OTTAWA - Dennis Oland was wrongly denied bail pending an appeal of his second-degree murder conviction, the Supreme Court of Canada says in a judgment that clarifies the grounds for granting release t...