Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has denied provincial and family court judges a hefty pay hike, instead freezing their salaries at $236,376 for two years. A provincial tribunal had recommended a ...

TORONTO - A Toronto mother says her disabled daughter is still traumatized more than a week after being forgotten on board a school bus and left in the cold for six hours. Laura Mastache says her daug...

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Kevin O’Leary says he took down an Internet video of himself firing automatic weapons out of “respect” for the memorial to three ...

SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia’s police watchdog has forwarded a report to Crown counsel for consideration of charges against an RCMP officer who was chasing a vehicle that hit a police cr...

Facebook is apologizing for suspending the account of award-winning Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq after she posted a photo of a sealskin coat. Tagaq, who is from Nunavut, said she was notified t...

WASHINGTON - North America could be immersed in major trade negotiations as early as this spring, with U.S. President Donald Trump signalling a desire Thursday to get going quickly on updating the lan...

EDMONTON - A researcher says the agency that monitors Alberta’s energy industry has underestimated the impact of tens of thousands of spills going back decades. Kevin Timoney, an Edmonton-a...

CALGARY - A forensic dentist testified Thursday that he was able to identify what was very likely a baby tooth in the ashes found at the farm of a triple- murder suspect. Dr. William Blair e...

TORONTO - The Supreme Court of Canada agreed Thursday to weigh in on an epic battle that could affect how lawyers across the country defend their clients. The decision comes in the case of Joe Groia, ...

VANCOUVER - Home sales in Metro Vancouver last month dropped by almost 40 per cent from the year before with the sale of detached houses falling hardest. The Real Estate Board of G...