Category Archives: Canada

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Feb. 17 --- WINNIPEG RALLY CALLS FOR BETTER TRANSIT SAFETY: Transit workers descended on Winnipeg City Hall Friday to call for safety improvements in the wake...

HAMBURG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used one of Germany’s most prestigious black-tie galas to tell business leaders to “get real” about addressing the anxieties of their workers ...

OTTAWA - What, exactly, does “tweak” mean? The question consumed political Ottawa for days after Donald Trump, in a joint press conference Monday with Justin Trudeau, publicly stated he wa...

CALGARY - Douglas Garland, 57, was found guilty Thursday on three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Alvin and Kathy Liknes and their grandson Nathan O’Brien. Here’s a timeline...

CALGARY - Douglas Garland was sentenced Friday to life in prison for killing Alvin and Kathy Liknes and their five-year-old grandson Nathan O’Brien. The judge ruled Garland can’t apply for...

OTTAWA - A dozen Ottawa residents are facing a total of more than 130 charges after a drug investigation related to the trafficking of counterfeit pills containing the deadly opioid fentanyl. Ottawa p...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she will visit Washington, D.C. from Feb. 26 to March 1 to make the case for the importance of cross-border trade. Notley says the plan is to meet with po...

TORONTO - A one-time top aide to former prime minister Stephen Harper was convicted of criminal influence-peddling by Ontario’s highest court on Friday. In overturning a previous acquittal again...

TORONTO - Canada’s auto industry shouldn’t be concerned with the protectionist rhetoric coming from the White House, says the head of the union representing auto workers at the so-called D...

TORONTO - An Ontario judge has been criticized by a higher court for adding to a “culture of complacency” plaguing the justice system after early adjournments in a drug case resulted in a ...