Category Archives: Canada

WINNIPEG - Family members of a three-year-old boy who was stabbed while he slept in his bed hugged and cried outside a Winnipeg courtroom Wednesday night after his accused killer was found guilty. A j...

OTTAWA - The Federal Court has dismissed Ottawa's attempts to appeal a pair of rulings about providing services and compensation to First Nations children. In September 2019, the Canadian Human Rights...

OTTAWA - The Green activist who came second to Annamie Paul in the last leadership race says he is being urged by many to stand again. Dimitri Lascaris, a Montreal-based lawyer and activist, is "vacil...

OTTAWA - Governor General Mary May Simon has some very personal reflections on the eve of Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. As the daughter of a white father and Inuk mother, M...

EDMONTON - A woman convicted in the death of a 19-month-old boy found outside a church has been granted day parole for six months. Tasha-Lee Mack and her then-boyfriend Joey Crier were each charged wi...

VICTORIA - A decision by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge refusing to extend an injunction against old-growth logging protesters did little to release pressure in the dispute as all sides hold s...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says a detailed plan showing how Canada might finally meet a greenhouse gas emissions target will be ready in a few months but not likely in time for t...

OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet said Wednesday the next session of Parliament should happen in person with any members who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 staying home. Qu...

CALGARY - The Canadian Medical Association is calling for lockdowns in Alberta and Saskatchewan to protect health-care systems it says are crumbling under pressures caused by COVID-19. Both western pr...

OTTAWA - These days thoughts of Remembrance Day conjure images of chilly, solemn ceremonies, red poppy wreaths and the sound of the Last Post reverberating over silent crowds. But a century ago, many ...