Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s independent police watchdog is investigating the case of a man found unresponsive in cells at Halifax police headquarters. Halifax police say the 47-year-old man was arre...

OTTAWA - Federal health officials are advising consumers to avoid eating a brand of oysters that are being recalled because they may be contaminated with salmonella. The oysters, packaged as “La...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A former premier of Newfoundland and Labrador has a new job in the province. An official with a service organization in St. John’s says it has hired Kathy Dunderdale as ...

Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- JANE PHILPOTT TO REPAY $520 FOR AIRPORT LOUNGE ACCESS The controversy surrounding Jane Philpott’s travel expenses grew Monday as evidenc...

COQUITLAM, B.C. - Shergo Kurdi lifts his shirt to reveal a pale, mottled patchwork of burn scars on his belly and chest - a legacy, he says, of years spent ironing fabric in a Turkish clothing factory...

OTTAWA - The federal treasury is doling out $1.49 billion worth of transit funding among cities in Ontario for track upgrades, new buses and improvements and accessibility upgrades to stations, the pr...

TORONTO - A popular airline says it has stopped offering meal accommodations for the majority of travellers who require special diets for health or religious reasons. Air Transat says passengers flyin...

TORONTO - Two plane loads of Canadian Olympians returned home from Rio to a hero’s welcome, as flag-waving fans clamoured for autographs and cheering family members offered up homecoming hugs. S...

MONTREAL - A jury has convicted Quebec’s 2012 election-night shooter of second-degree murder in the death of a lighting technician. The jurors also convicted Richard Henry Bain of three counts o...

OTTAWA - Even without a Chinese-Canadian free trade deal, the federal government should be deepening its business relationship with the rapidly expanding Asian economy on multiple fronts, says a globa...