Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The Conservative leadership campaign of Kellie Leitch is trying to goad her rivals and caucus colleagues into reacting to her proposal that newcomers be vetted for their views on gender equal...

WINNIPEG - A former Manitoba marriage commissioner is asking a court to strike down the province’s requirement that all commissioners perform same-sex marriage ceremonies. Kevin Kisilowsky, who ...

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Sept. 7 --- BANK OF CANADA RAISES ECONOMY CONCERNS: The Bank of Canada struck a note of caution Wednesday as it held its key interest rate target steady at...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it’s going to cost at least $40 million to $50 million this year to straighten out its troubled new pay system. However, officials say they are starting to s...

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia couple found guilty of masterminding a terrorist plot but then freed when a judge ruled they had been entrapped by police are still a danger to the public, a Crown lawye...

TORONTO - The family of a Toronto woman stranded in Russia after having her permanent residency status revoked says Ottawa has agreed to revisit her case. Julia Yakobi had her request for a travel doc...

NANAIMO, B.C. - A Crown lawyer says a man accused of killing two employees and attempting to kill two others yelled expletives and said, “You know who I am” during a shooting rampage at hi...

OTTAWA - The navy’s submarine fleet will have to be cut adrift in the next few years unless the federal government opts to spend billions to upgrade the ships, according to internal Defence Depa...

Phoenix police say $3 million worth of jewelry was taken from a tour bus being used by rapper Drake and DJ Future the Prince. Police Sgt. Vince Lewis says the theft occurred Tuesday night at the Talki...

CALGARY - Alberta wildfires that swept through Fort McMurray in May have resulted in the loss of $1 billion in planned capital spending in the oilsands for 2016, according to Alberta’s chief ene...