Category Archives: Canada

FREDERICTON - Just seven months after IBM announced it would begin teaching its Watson computer system to fight cybercrime, the company is graduating Watson to the next level of instruction. Caleb Bar...

MONTREAL - Pope Francis won’t be visiting Montreal, or anywhere else in Canada, in 2017. It was hoped that the Pope would visit the city next year as part of its 375th anniversary celebrations. ...

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Dec. 6 --- FAMILIES TO SPEND UP TO $420 ON FOOD: STUDY The typical Canadian family will spend up to $420 more on groceries and dining out next year, getting littl...

OTTAWA - Canada’s spy agencies should destroy the data trails of innocent people they incidentally collect during terrorism investigations once the actual targets have been cleared of suspicion,...

OTTAWA - Supreme Court of Canada justices challenged Google’s lawyers Tuesday for arguing that the company’s own free speech rights are being compromised by a B.C. injunction ordering it t...

CRANBROOK, B.C. - The lawyer for one of three people with ties to a British Columbia polygamous community says the prosecution has not met the burden of proof that his client intended to remove a 13-y...

TORONTO - The typical Canadian family will spend up to $420 more on groceries and dining out next year, getting little relief from a recent drop in the cost of food, suggests a new report released Mon...

TORONTO - A group of Canadians charged with examining access to prescription drugs across the country is recommending that the federal government adopt a national, publicly funded pharmacare plan in c...

NELSON HOUSE, Man. - An outdoor education teacher from Miramachi, N.B., has been found dead near Nelson House, Man. David MacDonald’s body was found Sunday afternoon by members of the Nelson Hou...

OTTAWA - Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose is asking the federal lobbying and ethics watchdogs to take another look at so-called cash-for-access fundraisers featuring Prime Minister Justin Trud...