Category Archives: Canada

LIONS BAY, B.C. - A municipal politician in British Columbia has stepped down after it became public that she was suing her daughter for talking publicly about allegations her stepfather sexually abus...

MONTREAL - Three men convicted of stealing $18 million worth of maple syrup should face stiff penalties for their part in the scheme, the Crown said Friday during sentencing arguments. Prosecutor Juli...

SAANICH, B.C. - Police on Vancouver Island say a man acting “possibly out of frustration” over someone’s parking ended up in hospital Thursday evening after stabbing himself in the l...

GATINEAU, Que. - A Quebec man convicted of incest and sexual assault charges against two of his daughters was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison. Jacques Roger Lesage, 79, was found guilty by a ju...

OTTAWA - To listen to Justin Trudeau as he trekked across Western Canada this week, one might think nothing of huge significance had happened south of the border. But the world couldn’t look awa...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Jan. 27 --- GM ANNOUNCES LAYOFFS IN ONTARIO: Unifor says nearly one-quarter of the workers at the General Motors CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont., will be laid o...

OTTAWA - The public now has an extra two weeks to comment on a report on a nuclear-waste bunker proposed for near Lake Huron. The feedback deadline is now March 6. Groups opposed to the planned deep g...

VANCOUVER - Two Canadian universities are among the organizations that have removed advertisements from an ultra-conservative news website formerly headed by a top adviser to U.S. President Donald Tru...

EDMONTON - Lawyers for a man convicted of killing two missing Alberta seniors have filed an appeal. Travis Vader was sentenced earlier this week to life in prison for manslaughter in the deaths of Lyl...

GATINEAU, Que. - A former medical technician accused of performing unnecessary and inappropriate breast exams at military recruiting centres in Ontario took the stand in his own defence Friday, and de...