Category Archives: Canada

LAVAL, Que. - Gilles Vaillancourt, once one of Quebec’s most influential municipal politicians, was sent to prison Thursday for his role in a scheme that defrauded public coffers of millions of ...

OTTAWA - Any hope that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will keep his promise to reform Canada’s voting system in time for the next federal election all but vanished Thursday after his democratic i...

WINNIPEG - The 2014 discovery of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine’s body - wrapped in a garbage bag and discarded in the Red River - shook Winnipeg to its core. To this day, it prompts residents of the...

OTTAWA - “We’ve been very clear from the very beginning, Mr. Speaker, that we will not move forward on reform without the broad support of Canadians.” - Democratic Institutions Minis...

FREDERICTON - Savanah Gould looked up from her perch inside a dark New Brunswick Tim Hortons Thursday to find yet another snow-blasted coffee-seeker jiggling the locked doors. “We’re just ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The case of a former top Newfoundland athlete charged in the death of a man whose body was found under the stairwell of a St. John’s apartment building has been put over...

VANCOUVER - Since Devon Wagner’s dog was taken away, he says he feels like there’s a “hole” inside of him. The 18-year-old suffered a life-changing concussion playing hockey si...

TORONTO - The federal government had no legal obligation to prevent on-reserve children from losing their aboriginal identities after placement in non-indigenous homes during the so-called ’60s ...

OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of the employment insurance system says the program needs a serious redesign in the next few years to meet changing economic and social conditions. In a roundta...

Four stories in the news for Thursday, Dec.1 --- ’60S SCOOPS CLASS ACTION BACK IN COURT TODAY The ’60s Scoop class action returns to court in Toronto today, with the federal government ask...