Category Archives: Canada

GATINEAU, Que. - A Quebec man convicted of incest and sexual assault charges against two of his daughters was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison. Jacques Roger Lesage, 79, ...

OTTAWA - To listen to Justin Trudeau as he trekked across Western Canada this week, one might think nothing of huge significance had happened south of the border. But the world couldn’t loo...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Jan. 27 --- GM ANNOUNCES LAYOFFS IN ONTARIO: Unifor says nearly one-quarter of the workers at the General Motors CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont., will be l...

OTTAWA - The public now has an extra two weeks to comment on a report on a nuclear-waste bunker proposed for near Lake Huron. The feedback deadline is now March 6. Groups opposed to the planned deep g...

VANCOUVER - Two Canadian universities are among the organizations that have removed advertisements from an ultra-conservative news website formerly headed by a top adviser to ...

EDMONTON - Lawyers for a man convicted of killing two missing Alberta seniors have filed an appeal. Travis Vader was sentenced earlier this week to life in prison for manslaughter in the deaths of Lyl...

GATINEAU, Que. - A former medical technician accused of performing unnecessary and inappropriate breast exams at military recruiting centres in Ontario took the stand in his own defence Friday, and de...

TORONTO - A 12-year prison sentence handed to an Ottawa man for his role in a terrorist conspiracy was appropriate, Ontario’s top court ruled Friday. In dismissing appeals by both prosecuti...

BROSSARD, Que. - Montreal-area police are searching the home of a woman who disappeared with her six-month-old son in 2014. Jian Ping Li and her baby Xiao Feng Lu vanished from the Bros...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Teachers Union is resuming work-to-rule on Monday, saying it has lost confidence in Premier Stephen McNeil amid a tussle over the purpose of two new “self-directed days...