Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The European Union’s environment commissioner wants to join forces with Canada to “defend” the Paris climate change accord in the face of an uncertain political landscape in...

MONTREAL - A man has been arraigned in connection with alleged bombing threats at Concordia University in Montreal. Hisham Saadi, 47, is charged with mischief, uttering threats and inciting fear of a ...

OTTAWA - Frustrated indigenous leaders and human rights advocates called out Justin Trudeau on Thursday after the prime minister described mercury contamination at Grassy Narrows First Nation as ̶...

VANCOUVER - Three people were in a hospital with serious stab wounds following a series of separate attacks in Vancouver on Thursday. Const. Jason Doucette said officers have arrested a 33-year-old ma...

CALGARY - Former Nova Scotia premier Darrell Dexter has a new portfolio: legal marijuana. Dexter, who is vice-chairman of Global Public Affairs, will lead the firm’s new branch, called cannabisC...

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says any more changes to the Canada Pension Plan will have to wait for a regular review of the national pension scheme, including a provision aimed at...

TORONTO - A budding physician who unwillingly became a father after a brief fling has no grounds to sue the woman for emotional harm - even if she allegedly lied about being on the pill, Ontario’...

EDMONTON - A jury is being urged to consider the mental state of a man accused of killing two co-workers and wounding four others in a bloody knife attack at a grocery warehouse. Jayme Pasieka has ple...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - It had been about three decades since relatives had last seen two sisters in Alberta, but recently the family received some unexpected news. Anna and Kym Hakze are alive and living...

EAST GWILLIMBURY, Ont. - As the mental health of first responders becomes an increasingly important issue, an Ontario paramedic service is looking to those within its own ranks to protect the well-bei...