Category Archives: Canada

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Nov. 14 -- OBAMA SAYS U.S. UNDER TRUMP WILL MAINTAIN ALLIANCES: U.S. President Barack Obama says the U.S. under Donald Trump will remain the “...

CALGARY - Siblings of a senior found dead in her home last month say a hideous illness, and not her husband of 56 years, is to blame. Audrey van Zuiden, 80, was found Oct. 4 i...

TORONTO - Ontario is doubling the rebate on its land transfer tax for first-time homebuyers to $4,000 in an effort to help them enter the housing market, but it is also raising the same...

VANCOUVER - Three days after Brandon Jansen entered his 11th treatment centre for an addiction to the opioid fentanyl, he died partly because an antidote and therapeutic drug that could have stop...

TORONTO - David Suzuki, one of the leading voices on environmental issues over the past half century, says he has embarked on the “last great fight” of his life. The ultimate goal of ...

Award-winning stage and screen actress Janet Wright, the frank-talking and resilient comedy star best known for her portrayal of the long-suffering matriarch on “Corner Gas,” die...

OTTAWA - Canada is pressing ahead with plans to deploy hundreds of troops as part of a NATO effort to deter Russian aggression in eastern Europe amid concerns about the military alliance’s futur...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau’s arrival Tuesday in Cuba - the first official visit by a Canadian prime minister in almost two decades - is the first step in the Liberal government’s we...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are banking on landing cash from domestic and foreign investors to finance their vaunted infrastructure plan. Monday was the government’s big chance to woo private ...

HALIFAX - A young Halifax mother has been jailed 30 months on pimping-related charges involving two girls aged 14 and 15. Tashlynn Shaw admitted driving the girls to meet clients, booking hotels for t...