Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - A review of Ontario government oversight of nursing homes will be launched “at some point” if one is needed in the wake of a nurse allegedly killing residents, Premier Kathleen W...

GENEVA - The global gap in earnings between men and women will not be closed for another 170 years if current trends continue, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Economic Forum. The...

CALGARY - Oilsands producers are expected to report back-to-business third-quarter results over the next few days as they shrug off lingering impacts of last May’s devastating wildfires in Fort ...

MONTREAL - Four Quebec men have been arrested and charged in an alleged fraud scheme involving ATMs in Vermont, authorities announced Wednesday. The residents of Montreal and Laval were charged Tuesda...

TORONTO - There is mounting proof that home prices are rising at a faster rate, Canada’s federal housing agency said Wednesday as it increased its risk rating for the national housing market to ...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg transit driver who stopped during the afternoon rush hour to help a senior with her groceries is receiving kudos from hundreds of people on social media. A passenger on the Route...

TORONTO - An Ontario medical student alleged to have forced two American teenage sisters to engage in sexual acts while he watched via Skype has been ordered extradited to the United States. A lawyer ...

QUEBEC - One of the accused in a series of alleged break-ins and sexual assaults at a Quebec university student residence is now facing 12 charges. Thierno-Ourny Barry, 19, first appeared in court Sat...

OTTAWA – The nickel won’t be going the way of the penny any time soon. An internal federal analysis shows the government has studied the pros and cons of the five-cent piece and Ottawa ins...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Indigenous leaders and the Newfoundland and Labrador government are telling protesters at the site of the Muskrat Falls hydro project they can “go home.” The leade...