Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - The courts had no right to order compensation for a former altar boy, who was denied payment despite being raped by a priest at an Indian residential school, the federal government argued Mo...

OTTAWA - The language skills of Conservative leadership candidates will be put to the test Tuesday night as they take the stage for a bilingual debate in Moncton, N.B., a campaign milestone expected t...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick will soon allow midwives to work in the province’s health-care system. Health Minister Victor Boudreau has announced that Fredericton has been chosen as the site for ...

OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations will meet three federal cabinet ministers soon to discuss the issue of sexual abuse within indigenous communities. The discussion will incl...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s government house leader says a rally that called for Premier Rachel Notley to be jailed is a disturbing sign of Trump-style politics coming to Canada. “I think the Wil...

VANCOUVER - Some observers say Alberta’s premier will have a difficult job trying to convince British Columbians to support the Trans Mountain pipeline project between the provinces as she began...

TORONTO - Electric vehicle charging stations are being added to 25 Canadian Tire Gas+ locations in Ontario, a first for the company. AddEnergie Technologies says the stations, which start rolling out ...

The first significant snowfall to hit the Vancouver region in more than two years is causing widespread transit delays and has prompted several school closures, including the shutdown of a university ...

OTTAWA - A new study from Statistics Canada about the precarious position young workers find themselves in - and how little it has changed in four decades - has refocused attention on the federal gove...

OTTAWA - With potentially thousands of high-paying jobs going unfilled in Canada, Prime Minister Just Trudeau lent his voice Monday to a campaign aimed at encouraging young people to study computer sc...