Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Ed Fast is recovering from a stroke. The former international trade minister suffered from the medical emergency Saturday at his home in Abbotsford, B.C. His office says he is...

TORONTO - Two survivors of a notorious Indian residential school want the courts to ensure they aren’t forced to foot the government’s legal bills if they lose a complex case involving hid...

OTTAWA - The chair of the House of Commons trade committee says he hopes Parliament can ratify the Canada-EU free trade deal this week before rising for the holiday break. On ...

TORONTO - Dr. Gregory Taylor is retiring as Canada’s chief public health officer after a little more than two years on the job. Taylor, 61, told The Canadian Press&...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Philip Riteman survived Auschwitz and Dachau, but had nowhere to go after the Holocaust until pre-Confederation Newfoundland took him in. On Wednesday, seven decades after he ...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s prospective cabinet is now stacked with friends of Canadian oil, with vocal proponents of the Keystone XL pipeline his picks to run key posts in the State and Energy ...

TORONTO - A Toronto man who spent more than five years behind bars on drug and weapons charges before being acquitted in a new trial is launching a $4.5-million lawsuit against police. Nosakhare Ohenh...

EDMONTON - An Alberta man convicted of killing two missing seniors says he was humiliated with strip searches, attacked by guards and subjected to horrendous living conditions while in custody. Travis...

TORONTO - A small Ontario township looking for a drinking water supply isn’t sure what to make of a proposal from Nestle to ‘partner’ on a well the community tried to buy but lo...

MONTREAL - A prominent secular feminist did not slander a Muslim school when she compared it to military training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a judge ruled Tuesday. Rather, ...