Category Archives: Canada

QUEBEC - The Quebec government is investing $175 million to recruit new judges, prosecutors and other staff to help ease the burden on the province’s overloaded justice system. Th...

TORONTO - A man convicted of two counts of second-degree murder in a shootout at a 2012 community barbecue in Toronto was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with no chance of parole for s...

OTTAWA - The length of time it takes to process spousal sponsorship applications for immigrants is dropping to months from years under a multimillion-dollar revamp of a key, the federal governmen...

ST. ANTHONY, N.L. - The disappearance of a 38-year-old Newfoundland woman is considered suspicious and the case is a high priority for RCMP in St. Anthony, N.L., a police spokesman said Wednesday...

An elderly Winnipeg man lost in the winter storm slamming southern Manitoba was found safe thanks to a man driving to work. Winnipeg police sent out a public alert for 82-year-old Charles McAulay on&n...

OTTAWA - Winter jacket maker Moose Knuckles has reached a deal with the Competition Bureau regarding concerns over its advertising and labelling of certain parkas that are promoted as made-in-Can...

WHITBY, Ont. - Police are warning people to lock up their medication following the death of a toddler east of Toronto. The incident took place on Nov. 19 after a Whitby, Ont., family visited...

CLARENVILLE, N.L. - An elderly Newfoundland couple who have been married for 68 years, but are now separated because of their health needs are hoping to be reunited. Roy and Dorothy Vardy have been se...

TORONTO - B.C. mom Scarlett Ballantyne wonders if Ottawa’s plans to legalize marijuana will make her 14- and 16-year-old daughters more inclined to try it. But she’s not waiting ...

Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Dec. 7 --- EQUIFAX: CONSUMER DEBT AND DELINQUENCY RATES RISE IN Q3 A new Equifax Canada report says low interest rates and falling oil prices drove up ...