Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - A bail hearing for the man charged with calling in an alleged bomb threat against Muslim students at Concordia University has been put off until Wednesday. Hisham Saadi, 47, appeared in cou...

MONCTON, N.B. - Medical marijuana users have filed a class-action lawsuit against a New Brunswick producer after unapproved pesticides were found in its products. Wagners Law filed a statement of clai...

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Ontario’s animal welfare agency says a recent inspection of Marineland found no issues of concern at the park, which faces 11 animal cruelty charges. The Ontario Society fo...

MONTREAL - A Quebec man who told undercover federal agents he wanted to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State wasn’t coerced into making the confession, the judge hearing his trial ruled Mon...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Newfoundland police officer who shot and killed Don Dunphy says he didn’t intentionally alter the dates of messages on his BlackBerry cellphone, nor did he mean anyt...

OTTAWA - The top Mountie has decided the time has come for him to retire. In a message to the force on Monday, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson said he will leave at the end of June to focus on his famil...

NEWPORT LANDING, N.S. - An historic manor in rural Nova Scotia that captivated social media users with its ornate finishes and rustic charm has sold over asking - and it may have coattails for other w...

WINNIPEG - Bundled against bone-chilling cold, asylum-seekers hoping to gain refugee status in Canada have been trudging through ditches and fields along the border with the United States. Many have a...

Many African asylum-seekers who end up in Canada face an arduous, months-long journey through thousands of kilometres of jungle, along back roads and over water in small wooden boats. Stays in migrant...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - One of five fishermen plucked from churning, windswept seas said he felt like they had become trapped in a scene straight out of The Perfect Storm as winds and waves lashed th...