Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - A Calgary landlord who killed his tenants’ dog over late rent has been sentenced to one year in jail. Robert Nicholson was also given 18 months of probation, banned from owning animals...

VANCOUVER - When Aref Bolandnazar flew home to New York after visiting family in Iran, he didn’t think to say a tearful goodbye to his wife - after all, she was just supposed to stay an extra we...

EDMONTON - Canada’s top banker says the central bank’s approach to inflation targets has been working reasonably well, but there are gaps that could be addressed with the development of ne...

GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. - A private school that teaches log home and wood fame construction has apologized to a man whose application was rejected because he is from Israel. B’nai Brith Canada say...

OTTAWA - One of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s senior officials took Fox News to task for describing the alleged gunman in the Quebec City shooting as Moroccan. Kate Purchase, director of commu...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Jan. 31 --- COUILLARD SAYS QUEBEC HAS ‘DEMONS’ BUT IS AN OPEN SOCIETY: Quebec has its “demons” in terms of attitudes toward Muslims, ...

HALIFAX - Unfair labour complaints have been withdrawn in the year-long strike at the Halifax Chronicle Herald, paving the way for the resumption of negotiations next week. In a news release Tuesday, ...

So-called “lone wolf” attackers are unlikely to face terror charges under Canadian law, a legal expert said Tuesday as authorities continued to investigate a deadly mass shooting at a Queb...

OTTAWA - The commander of the military health unit responsible for mentally and physically injured soldiers is retiring, less than six months after taking over the much-maligned unit and promising to ...

VANCOUVER - A decision by the government of British Columbia to approve the Trans Mountain pipeline is “tainted” because of a conflict of interest that saw the premier and her political pa...