Category Archives: Canada

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The group that regulates family doctors in Canada is calling for an end to solitary confinement in correctional facilities. The College of Family Physicians of Canada says in a sta...

OTTAWA - The threat of political blackmail could figure in a wide-ranging review of risks to Canada’s electoral system, says a senior official from the national cyberspy agency. Safeguarding per...

OTTAWA - The Liberal party has seen its fair share of nomination battles, and a fresh one is brewing in the Toronto-area riding recently vacated by former immigration minister John McCallum, who stepp...

RED DEER, Alta. - An Alberta man who burned “snitch” on his captive’s chest has been sentenced to three years in prison. Darren Curtis Lagrelle, 20, pleaded guilty today to forcible ...

Halifax police say the “misplacement” of 3,000 of almost 13,000 drug-related exhibits was the result of bad record keeping, rather than any criminal activity by its officers. Among the una...

OTTAWA - An investigation has found a pilot who died during a training mission near the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary didn’t eject or call for help before the crash. A release from the Departmen...

MONTREAL - The value of customer loyalty programs is under increased scrutiny by companies and users in the wake of Air Miles’ recent reversal of an unpopular expiration policy. The operator of ...

SYDNEY, N.S. - A Nova Scotia judge has ruled that a boy who was five years old and weighed 132 pounds when he was taken from his mother will not return to her care, saying living with her was too haza...

WINNIPEG - There is a significant risk of flooding in southern Manitoba this spring, although the rising water may only cover some farmland and spare major roads and communities, the provincial govern...

Winnipeg police say they’re waiting for a forensic examination of a substance a man allegedly sprayed on a teenage girl in a shopping mall before deciding whether to lay charges. Investigators r...