Category Archives: Canada

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Could a subsea tunnel under the Strait of Belle Isle finally link northern Newfoundland with Labrador? It’s a question that for decades has inspired dreams of free-flowi...

HALIFAX - A charming blue-and-white ferry that long offered commuters the scenic route to work across Halifax Harbour will go to the highest bidder. “So many people have enjoyed their peaceful, ...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Crown lawyer behind a controversial legal brief implying members of a First Nation band are a conquered people has been taken off the case. The province’s acting attorn...

QUEBEC - One of the most hardline sovereigntists in Quebec’s legislature said Thursday she’s considering a run at the Bloc Quebecois leadership. Parti Quebecois member Martine Ouellet said...

OTTAWA - U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to be a defender of the international “rules of the road” to help shepherd the world through a period of deep...

WOODSTOCK, Ont. - The case of a nurse accused of killing eight seniors at two long-term care homes in southwestern Ontario has been put over until Jan. 6. Elizabeth Wettlaufer, 49, was remanded into c...

SYDNEY, N.S. - Nova Scotia police officers worked for years to solve a brutal small-town murder, watched over by a huge photo of the victim - an 82-year-old Second World War veteran whose image on the...

HALIFAX - Viola Desmond’s pioneering contribution to the civil rights struggle in Canada went largely unrecognized for decades. In November 1946, the black businesswoman refused to leave her sea...

OTTAWA - The Senate spending scandal dragged to a close Thursday as the upper chamber abandoned plans to sue a group of former senators to recoup questionable travel, office and housing expenses. The ...

OTTAWA - More than 10 years after then-prime minister Paul Martin said replacing Canada’s ancient military search-and-rescue planes would be made a “major priority,” the federal gove...