Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - Margaret Mitchell, a former New Democrat MP who became a leading voice in raising awareness about domestic abuse, died Wednesday. She was 92. Mitchell represented the riding of Vancouver E...

HONG KONG - Lawyers for three families who sheltered Edward Snowden in Hong Kong say they have formally asked the Canadian government to grant them asylum. They issued a statement Thursday saying that...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says he has ordered officials to look at how Canada calculates military spending compared to other NATO members, to ensure all allies are comparing “apple...

CALGARY - The federal environment minister says Canada’s image has been burnished internationally by federal and provincial plans to combat climate change. Catherine McKenna told a Calgary Chamb...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau’s government wants the Supreme Court of Canada’s advice on a bill aimed at preventing genetic discrimination after the prime minister failed to persuade his own Lib...

TORONTO - A foreign buyers’ tax is back on the table in Ontario, with the finance minister saying Thursday it’s one possible option he’s looking at to cool the housing market. The av...

WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has yet to respond to Manitoba’s call for help in dealing with an influx of asylum-seekers crossing the border from the United States, Premier Brian Pall...

TORONTO - The maker of Buckley’s is voluntarily recalling a number of its syrups because of a choking hazard. Health Canada says GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Inc. initiated the recall fro...

LAKE WORTH, Fla. - A Canadian dentist is in a Florida jail accused of exposing himself and masturbating in front of girls at a Lake Worth, Fla., school. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office sa...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, March 9 --- JUDGE SHOULD BE TURFED FROM BENCH: A judge who asked a sexual assault complainant in a trial why she couldn’t keep her knees together is r...