Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - An analysis of opioid overdoses in 2014-15 found 13 Canadians per day were hospitalized after taking pain-killing opioid medications like oxycodone and morphine. The report by the Canadian I...

WINDSOR, Ont. - A naval reservist in Windsor, Ont., has been charged in an alleged sexual assault in Halifax. The Department of National Defence says it happened in April while the reservist was atten...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion pushed back at critics of the International Criminal Court on Wednesday after three African countries indicated they would pull out amid charges the cou...

TORONTO - It’s well-established that Canadian children are not as active as they could be. Now a new study suggests they may be among the least active kids in the world. In June, the annual Part...

OTTAWA - Canada has won the support of Serbia in its bid for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council in 2020, even though Canada went to war against it 17 years ago, says the country&#...

OTTAWA - The multibillion-dollar effort to replace the navy’s warship fleet is being buffeted by concerns about a potential conflict of interest involving the Halifax company that is leading the...

HAVANA - Canada won’t change its decision to maintain diplomatic relations with Cuba, even if that stance is at odds with the man set to lead Canada’s biggest trading partner, Prime Minist...

Three stories in the news for Tuesday, Nov. 16 --- TRUDEAU TO MEET WITH CUBAN ACTIVISTS Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau will meet with activists and university stude...

SAINT-HYACINTHE, Que. - The case of two Quebec teens charged with conspiracy to commit murder and sexual assault in an alleged plot against some of their classmates was put off Tuesday until Nov. 29. ...

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge is being asked to stop an external investigation into inappropriate online messages that Victoria’s suspended police chief sent to the wife of ...