Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - “We have approved more than 1,200 projects. I would like to tell the member that more than 60 per cent of those projects are currently underway, creating opportunities for Canadians....

HALIFAX - The husband of Nova Scotia’s immigration minister stood quietly Thursday as he consented to a psychiatric assessment amid charges he assaulted, threatened and choked his wife on New Ye...

Five stories in the news for Thursday, Feb. 9: --- TRUDEAU HEADS NORTH FOR FIRST TIME AS P-M Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers of health, indigenous affairs and social development will b...

New guidelines introduced by Canadian Blood Services limiting the number of times female donors can donate in a year has the national agency scrambling to find new donors to make up the difference. Th...

VICTORIA - A second place finish at the Paralympic Games marks a superhuman effort for most people, but winning a silver in London wasn’t good enough for Michelle Stilwell. She says the silver i...

CALGARY - A judge offered sympathy and advice Thursday to jurors who have sat through a month of disturbing evidence about the gruesome deaths of a couple and their grandson. Justice David Gates addre...

VANCOUVER - Some sex workers are choosing the industry because it can be more lucrative and rewarding than low-paying service industry jobs, says a recent study by a researcher at the University of Vi...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The federal government pledged Thursday to take steps to address the painful historical memories of Inuit who experienced relocations and mistreatment the tuberculosis epidemic of t...

SYDNEY, Australia - A bail hearing has been postponed for one of three Quebecers accused of trying to import a large amount of cocaine into Australia last year. Melina Roberge, 23, will have to wait u...

REGINA - A veteran, retired teacher has denied any professional misconduct with members of a girls’ basketball team she coached in the late 1980s. Martina Cain testified in her own defence Wedne...