Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - A man convicted of sexually assaulting an acquaintance has won a new hearing because his lawyer didn’t tell him about his trial options. Had he been properly advised, the Ontario Court...

MONTREAL - A teacher from northern Quebec is in the running for the prestigious US$1-million Global Teacher Prize. Maggie MacDonnell has been named a top-10 finalist for the award, administered by The...

TORONTO - An Ontario science teacher stormed out of a hearing after being found guilty of professional misconduct for telling students vaccines could kill them. An independent disciplinary committee w...

SASKATOON - The owner of one of 14 dogs that died from heat stroke and dehydration at a boarding kennel says her family is relieved that a charge has been laid. Dawn Loessin says pet owners had braced...

DOHUK, Iraq - Canada’s promise to resettle hundreds of Yazidis by the end of the year is being welcomed in Iraq, where Yazidi women and girls have endured horrific abuse and persecution at the h...

FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick led team has been awarded $5 million from the Terry Fox Research Institute to find better treatments for people with an incurable form of cancer known as multiple myeloma...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador’s Liberal government is slicing 287 management jobs from its civil service as part of a wider effort to contain a deficit currently projected t...

BRAMPTON, Ont. - Ontario’s Office of the Fire Marshal says there were no working smoke alarms in a Brampton, Ont., home where a fire killed three members of the same family last week. Spokeswoma...

CHUMPHON, Thailand - Police in Thailand have arrested two men accused of slashing a Canadian man with a machete while trying to steal a gold necklace from his female companion last week. The Bangkok P...

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Feb. 22: --- LIBERALS PUSHED ON PROMISE TO CHILDREN The Liberals are facing calls to follow through on a campaign pledge to create a federal children’s co...