Category Archives: Canada

RED DEER, Alta. - A 20-year-old Calgary man is no longer facing a charge of dangerous driving. Kunal Anand was charged on April 10 after a video was recorded on a dash cam showing a speeding car squee...

CALGARY - A Calgary woman wept through much of her initial interview with police before she was charged in the death of her seven-year-old son. Tamara Lovett, 47, is on trial charged with failing to p...

HALIFAX - A police probe has been launched into the nursing home death of a “sweet” 79-year-old Halifax-area man, as his wife alleges he was pushed by another resident with severe dementia...

VANCOUVER - A necropsy has been completed on the latest humpback whale to drown while trapped underwater by fish-farm equipment off the British Columbia coast. Fisheries experts say it could take much...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is hiring an Arabic-speaking welfare case worker as it prepares for the end of federal sponsorship support for Syrian refugees. About 1,300 Syrian refugees have come to Nova Scot...

OTTAWA - As the Conservative leadership slate continues to expand, two of the most prominent contenders are jockeying for attention and support. Ontario MP Kellie Leitch, who has already urged screeni...

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - A $4 million lighting makeover promises to dial up the wow factor of Niagara Falls at night. Officials say energy-efficient LED lighting being unveiled Thursday will provide brig...

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...