Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - An 80-year-old Montreal man has been charged with first-degree murder and arson in the death of his spouse. Salomon Abeassis appeared briefly before a Quebec court judge today after being e...

CALGARY - There are long lineups in Calgary as people wait to apply for service jobs at a new international airport terminal that is to open this fall. Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate in ...

OTTAWA - The list of those interested in running for leadership of the Conservative party continues to lengthen, with former MP Andrew Saxton’s name being the latest to surface. Here’s a l...

VANCOUVER - Canada’s immigration minister says it appears the country needs more newcomers, but as housing prices skyrocket in Vancouver and Toronto his government hopes to lure them elsewhere. ...

OTTAWA - A defeated Conservative MP is considering a political comeback - running for leadership of his party. Andrew Saxton, who lost his North Vancouver, B.C. seat last fall, is the latest Tory test...

SAANICH, B.C. - A Washington state couple says they knew they’d face the occasional unanticipated challenge when they began adopting a Victorian-era lifestyle seven years ago, but they never exp...

On the last leg of his 3,200-kilometre voyage down the Yukon River on a riverboard, Denis Morin was moved to tears. He had stopped for a day to rest in Mountain Village, Alaska, a reservation of less ...

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard is ordering members of his cabinet to boycott the radio show of a former Liberal minister charged with fraud. A directive from his office prohibits cabinet ministers ...

Halifax police say a taxi driver facing a sexual assault charge has now been charged in connection with another assault involving a taxi passenger. Police arrested a 44-year-old man on July 9, shortly...

OTTAWA - A new analysis says an NDP proposal to boost pension benefits for families of deceased Canadian Forces and RCMP veterans could hurt Ottawa’s bottom line by more than $6 billion. The NDP...