Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Liberal government tabled its second throne speech Thursday, drawing a scathing review from opposition parties who described it as “thin soup” filled with ...

WINNIPEG - Assault charges have been stayed against a former National Hockey League star and Winnipeg city councillor. Manitoba’s justice department says in a statement that the Crown has entere...

Donald Trump responded to allegations of sexual misconduct from a Canadian writer by drawing attention to her physical appearance, saying “Look at her… I don’t think so,” as he...

TORONTO - Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie says his memory is fading as he battles terminal brain cancer, but he is keeping busy with projects that may include another record. Downie spoke with anc...

TORONTO - A Toronto senior accused of murdering a fellow resident in a long-term care home and injuring another was deemed a “chronic risk” to his frail colleagues a year before a deadly a...

CALGARY - The Conference Board of Canada says there’s still room for optimism for Canada’s liquefied natural gas export industry, despite global LNG prices that are expected to remain weak...

TORONTO - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says it’s “impossible to say with absolute clarity” what the impacts of new mortgage rules introduced by Ottawa earlier this month will be. &#...

Several Canadian writers and musicians are praising Bob Dylan’s selection as the Nobel Prize winner for literature, but the pick is also rankling observers who question the categorization of lyr...

Toronto police say they have seized more than 90 kilograms of drugs in what they are calling the largest single seizure of powder cocaine in the force’s history. Officers who searched an east-en...

OTTAWA - A British Columbia land-claims case that predates Confederation will be heard in the Supreme Court of Canada. The court agreed Thursday to hear the case of the Williams Lake Indian Band, whic...