Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Former immigration minister Chris Alexander is adding his name to those considering a run for leadership of the federal Conservative party. “I’m actively considering a bid to lead...

MONTREAL - A Quebec judge has ruled turban-wearing Sikh truck drivers must wear hard hats in the workplace when safety standards require them. Three Sikh men who drove container trucks at&nb...

OTTAWA - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday their two countries would explore free trade talks, work out new rules for Canadian canola exports and begin talks o...

HALIFAX - School officials in four Canadian provinces all received similar bomb threats this week, but each responded to the potential danger differently. Universities and schools across Prince Edward...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Sept. 22 ____ CANADA AND CHINA TALK FREE TRADE: Canada and China have started exploratory talks on a free trade deal.  Prime Minister Justin ...

HALIFAX - Statistics suggesting crime rates in Canada have been falling for decades may not tell the whole story when it comes to criminal wrongdoing, the chief of Halifax Regional...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - It was on the afternoon of Easter Sunday 2015 when Const. Joe Smyth went to Don Dunphy’s tree-shrouded home in tiny Mitchell’s Brook, N.L. Smyth, who arrived ...

KAWARTHA LAKES, Ont. - Two Ontario men are facing charges after allegedly stealing marijuana from a legal grow operation. Durham regional police say a resident of the Kawartha Lakes, On...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is considering using this fall’s economic and fiscal update as a vehicle to inject some life into Canada’s stalled economy, including potentially ...

TORONTO - A United Church minister has moved one step closer to potentially losing her job over her avowed atheism and disavowal of the Bible. In a decision released Thursday, the sub-executive of the...