Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - The story behind the Livent Entertainment financial fraud scandal is one of deception and defiance that culminated with a spectacular fall from grace for one of Canada’s best-known the...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is making a shift away from the traditional, tartan-centric notions about its culture. There were no bagpipes, Highland flings or fiddles of any kind Wednesday when the governmen...

WINNIPEG - A man who took part in two random and violent sex attacks - one of which left a victim clinging to life on the bank of a river - wept in court Wednesday as he apologized. “I feel real...

FREDERICTON - A Fredericton homeowner frustrated when a plow operator dumped a load of snow at the end of his driveway succumbed to shovel rage, city officials say - chasing the loader up his suburban...

A southern Ontario city is considering cracking down on residents who party on their roofs. City staff in London, Ont., are recommending an addition to the municipality’s public nuisance bylaw t...

NORTH BAY, Ont. - A decision on the fate of the northeastern Ontario home where the Dionne quintuplets were born has been postponed. North Bay city council was slated to vote Tuesday night on a propos...

TORONTO - Canada’s competition watchdog is suing Hudson’s Bay Co., alleging that the retailer engaged in deceptive pricing practices for four years, an accusation the company denies. The C...

OTTAWA - Byelections will be held on April 3 to fill five vacant federal ridings, but the contests are unlikely to change the partisan math in the House of Commons. Of the five byelections called by P...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended his government’s proposed legislation to expand border preclearance at Canadian airports and other crossings Wednesday as the opposition New Democ...

MONTREAL - A former organized crime investigator with the Montreal police who accused the force of corruption and fabricating evidence says he’s skeptical about the provincial police’s man...