Category Archives: Canada

EMERSON, Man. - The federal government is enforcing border laws and is willing to put more resources in place to deal with the influx of asylum-seekers from the United States, federal Public Safety Mi...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $17 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Mar. 10 will grow to approximately $26 million. The...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is ready to start negotiations with Ottawa on a health-care funding deal. Pallister sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week. In it, Pallist...

ROCK CREEK, B.C. - Residents of about 25 properties have been ordered to stop using their water after a suspected methamphetamine lab was found by police near Rock Creek, B.C. Interior Health issued t...

EDMONTON - A jury has found an Edmonton man guilty of first-degree murder for stabbing two co-workers to death in a bloody attack at a Loblaws grocery warehouse. Jayme Pasieka, 32, was also been convi...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s new point man on trade negotiations has shed some light on key goals in revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement, hinting Friday that priority No. 1 involves...

HALIFAX - At first glance, Canada’s sexual assault law appears to offer judges clear guidance on how to decide whether an alleged victim of sexual assault, under the influence of drugs or alcoho...

KUGAARUK, Nunavut - A youth has been charged in a fire that destroyed the only school in a remote Nunavut hamlet. RCMP say a 13-year-old is accused of arson in the blaze at the Kugaaruk school on Tues...

MONTREAL - The man charged with calling in an alleged bomb threat against Muslim students at Concordia University will wait until Monday for a bail hearing. Hisham Saadi, 47, is charged with mischief,...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, March 3 --- OPIOID CRISIS ON PM’S MIND: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received a first hand look at the opioid crisis in British Columbia Friday. He acc...