Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - An internal federal analysis shows the government has studied the pros and cons of the nickel - but Ottawa insists it has no plans to force the five-cent coin into retirement, as it did the p...

FIELD, B.C. - Two workers have been injured in a rock slide in Yoho National Park that has closed the Trans-Canada Highway for an extended period. RCMP say the slide happened Monday west of Field, B.C...

MONTREAL - Three Canadian cruise ship passengers who were charged in Australia with drug smuggling were refused bail Wednesday after making a court appearance in Sydney. Andre Tamine, 64, Isabelle Lag...

OTTAWA - Malcolm Rowe, who has been tapped by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to join the Supreme Court of Canada, sat down for a wide-ranging, question-and-answer session with MPs and senators at the U...

OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to launch a multibillion-dollar competition to design the navy’s newest warships this week. Here are five things to know about the project: 1. The fut...

LAVAL, Que. - A Montreal-area school board has been ordered to pay $15,000 to a student who had a corrosive substance poured over his head in a chemistry class. The boy was 15 years old in February 20...

WOODSTOCK, Ont. - Just a few weeks ago, Elizabeth Wettlaufer gave away her beloved dog, Nashville, a spry Jack Russell terrier. Her friends thought the move odd, but they now wonder if the 49-year-old...

MONTREAL - The fraud trial of longtime Liberal organizer Jacques Corriveau is expected to be in the hands of the jury by Thursday. Corriveau, 83, a former close ally of ex-prime minister Jean Chretien...

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. - Spare a thought for Donald Trump - Hillary Clinton barely did as she began a visit to America’s biggest swing state Tuesday. Democrats’ increasing confidence about wi...

OTTAWA - The international trade minister is pushing back at her Conservative rival’s accusations in the House of Commons that she’s in need of “adult supervision.” Chrystia Fr...