Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is shrugging off opposition complaints about a Halifax fundraiser on behalf of Finance Minister Bill Morneau that was attended by business executives. Morneau came unde...

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard has turned down a request for a televised debate on sovereignty and federalism with Parti Quebecois Leader Jean-Francois Lisee. Couillard says he prefers to...

OTTAWA - An Ottawa dentist previously convicted of tax evasion has been handed an additional five-year prison sentence for deliberately choosing not to pay her original fine. Tania Kovaluk p...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A warrant has been issued for a couple wanted in a daring New Brunswick diamond theft that has been connected to a series of similar heists nationwide. The Saint John Police Force s...

WASHINGTON - In an exchange that instantly swept the news headlines emerging from the final U.S. presidential campaign debate of 2016, Donald Trump refused Wednesday to promise he will accep...

VANCOUVER - Former basketball superstar Steve Nash is seeking a court order banning the use of his name or image on nearly two dozen fitness clubs in British Columbia. A civil lawsuit filed in B.C. Su...

VANCOUVER - A cheese-rolling competition in Whistler, B.C., went from fun to frightening when a runaway wheel of cheddar crashed into a three-year-old girl and broke her leg, a lawsuit alleges. The no...

EDMONTON - Premier Rachel Notley says Alberta will roll out specifics this fall of its plan to phase out coal-fired electricity and promote renewable energy. Notley, in a state-of-the-provin...

BOIESTOWN, N.B. - A New Brunswick restaurateur has survived after a misfiring rifle showered his face with bullet shrapnel. Douglas Lyons said a bullet exploded in the chamber as he tried to load his ...

VANCOUVER - A collection of rare comics has been stolen in a Vancouver break-in. The Vancouver Police Department says a 45-kilogram safe was stolen from a home, with the stack of valuable co...