Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The Conservatives are planning to push the Liberals to better define their plans for a United Nations peacekeeping mission - and their reason for taking one on. “There is no peace to ke...

OTTAWA - Parliament reopens for business Monday after a 12-week summer break. Here’s a look at the priorities the three main political parties have staked out and the challenges each faces in wh...

OTTAWA - Now for the hard part. After 10 months of a prolonged honeymoon, consultations on dozens of difficult issues and soaring rhetoric that suggested anything is possible, Justin Trudeau’s L...

SAINT HYACINTHE, Pq - Two Quebec teens have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and assault in an alleged plot against three of their peers. The suspects, ages 14 and 16, were arrested in Sa...

OTTAWA - Canada’s chief statistician was warned three months before his surprising resignation last week that a showdown with the federal government was inevitable as the agency pushed for more ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - She was finishing her last college exams, the Christmas season stretching before her, when she went out for a Saturday night in downtown St. John’s with friends. What sh...

OTTAWA - Canadian diplomats wryly noted the Soviets were “never short of reasons” as to why their hockey team stumbled against the world’s best four decades ago, newly declassified d...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling Wild Sockeye Smoked Salmon and Sensations Wild Pacific Smoked Salmon over listeria concerns. In a release issued Saturday night, officials say...

TORONTO - Forcing journalists to act as investigators for police would undermine the critical role news outlets play in a free society, a coalition of media organizations argue in documents filed with...

CALGARY - Surrender never comes easily. An animal information card at the Calgary Humane Society identifies the temporary resident inside as a grey-and-white kitten named “Marilyn” who has...