Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Friends and former colleagues and students of a jailed Canadian-Iranian academic still can’t believe she’s behind bars in Iran, several of them said Wednesday at ...

OTTAWA - More must be done to improve the lives of young people in First Nations communities, Justin Trudeau conceded Wednesday, even as he refused to acknowledge an outstanding human r...

OTTAWA - It has been something of a taboo in Canada-China relations, a subject rarely raised in public but clearly on the minds of successive Canadian governments in their uneasy courtship of the...

OTTAWA - Elections Canada experienced some headaches dealing with the longest federal campaign in modern Canadian history, says a new report from the chief electoral officer. Chief electoral offi...

BANFF, Alta. - A woman was killed and a man was injured when they were struck by a tour bus in Banff National Park on Wednesday. Police said the two passengers got off the bus and ...

CALGARY - The CEO of Imperial Oil said Wednesday he’s confident that two multibillion-dollar oilsands projects facing regulatory review in Alberta will be approved, despite the NDP governme...

FORT MCKAY, Alta. - A major study of air quality in a northern Alberta indigenous community surrounded by oilsands development suggests there is a chance ongoing exposure to airborne chemicals may be ...

EDMONTON - Police have charged a self-proclaimed Freeman on the Land with carrying out a “paper terrorism” campaign against a peace officer who issued him a speeding ticket. Alle...

HALIFAX - A Halifax police officer says he considered whether he would ultimately need his weapon to save his life as he dealt with an agitated couple he had stopped on a highway near the city last Se...

TORONTO - A man who witnessed a “horrific” daytime attack in an upscale Toronto neighbourhood recalled Wednesday seeing a prominent criminal defence lawyer crawl towards his office af...