Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - There were more than a few quiet tears shed this week in political Ottawa. First, Donald Trump’s win shook up politicos across the spectrum, prompting a fundamental rethinking of so man...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Nov. 11 --- THOUSANDS GATHER ON CHILLY REMEMBRANCE DAY IN OTTAWA: Thousands of people gathered in  chilly, windy weather Friday at the National...

OTTAWA - Three leading mental health organizations want provincial and territorial health ministers to be open to targeted federal investments. In a letter, the heads of the Mental...

MONTREAL - The late Leonard Cohen grew up in Montreal. Here is a list of some of his haunts and other landmarks that played a key role in his life: Westmount, Que. - Wealthy town on the island of...

MONTREAL - He would often sit at the counter of the coffee shop, wearing his signature dark suit and carrying a notebook. And before he left, Leonard Cohen would seek out...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The top Republican in the U.S. Senate says he asked president-elect Donald Trump to move swiftly in approving construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline that would allow ...

WASHINGTON - A feeling of dread is rippling through one particular group in the United States, as hundreds of thousands of young people fear they might have to hide in society’s shadow...

MONTREAL - A man charged in a series of alleged break-ins and sexual assaults at a Quebec university student residence has been released on bail. Thierno-Ourny Barry, 19, is facing 12 charge...

MONTREAL - Leonard Cohen - writer, poet, composer, singer, renowned seducer and, for many, the epitome of cool - has died at the age of 82. His sonorous, tobacco-painted baritone was once described as...

NIPAWIN, Sask. - A crowdfunding page has been set up to support the mother of a seven-year-old girl who was found dead in a northeastern Saskatchewan home. Police had issued an Amb...