Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - The Liberal government may have made history by nominating a Newfoundlander to Canada’s top court - but disappointed advocates say a more critical opportunity has been missed to add ra...

Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 18 --- OTTAWA PREPARES TO DISCUSS HEALTH SPENDING Health Minister Jane Philpott faces a tough discussion with her provincial and territorial counterparts toda...

LUXEMBOURG - European Union nations failed to endorse a landmark trade deal with Canada as scheduled on Tuesday, but remain optimistic they can do so by next week, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau i...

WASHINGTON - Scolded by his own party, slammed by the president as a whiner and censured by the chattering classes as a threat to American democracy, Donald Trump stuck to his guns Tuesday and insiste...

TORONTO - Health Minister Jane Philpott offered an apology of sorts to her provincial and territorial counterparts Tuesday after some of them pushed back against her argument that federal health dolla...

FREDERICTON - Dennis Oland’s lawyer says the Crown used speculation that was not backed by evidence to get a conviction of second-degree murder in the killing of Oland’s multi-millionaire ...

EDSON, Alta. - RCMP say a man being pursued by Mounties forced the closure of a small airport in Edson, Alta., after he drove through a security gate and onto a runway before his pickup truck caught f...

DENVER - Officials in Denver, Colo., say sexual assault charges against a British Columbia man have been dropped. The Denver District Attorney’s Office says in a release that two charges against...

KELOWNA, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board renewed its call Monday for flight data or cockpit voice recorders to be carried on smaller planes after a jet crash last week in B.C. killed four peopl...

TORONTO - Cleveland Indians fans in Toronto for a crucial playoff game against the Blue Jays said the team’s name and logo are not offensive and should not be changed. Sarah Johnston said the te...