Category Archives: Canada

NEWMARKET, Ont. — Police say a 41-year-old man — who allegedly claimed to be a diplomat from the United Kingdom as part of an elaborate fraud — is facing charges after an Ontari...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Sept. 6 ____ ALLIES USING CANADIAN INFO TO BOMB ISIL: Senior military officer, Brig.-Gen. Shane Brennan, says Canadian military aircraft are providing v...

OTTAWA — Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier is calling for Quebec’s maple syrup producers to be allowed to sell the sweet stuff as they see fit. They are currently subje...

OTTAWA — Although the Liberal government withdrew Canada’s CF-18s from Iraq and Syria in the spring, two Aurora surveillance planes and a Polaris refuelling aircraft have continued to...

OTTAWA — Despite the withdrawal of Canada’s fighter jets from Iraq and Syria last spring, a senior officer says Canadian military aircraft are providing vital intelligence to allies for ai...

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg woman accused of hiding the remains of six infants in a storage locker has had an unrelated charge against her stayed. Andrea Giesbrecht’s lawyer, Matthew Gould,...

EDMONTON — The Alberta Court of Appeal is hearing arguments on whether to overturn a controversial acquittal of an Ontario trucker charged with killing an indigenous women. Last year, a jury fou...

OTTAWA — The Crown corporation overseeing work on a national housing strategy is signalling that those interested in the plan should temper their expectations about the final outcome. ...

FREDERICTON — Federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the Canadian and American governments will “vigorously” try to convince the European Union that the American lobster doe...

VICTORIA — An elusive corn snake that was coaxed from a storm drain below the streets of Victoria last week has been adopted. The City of Victoria says in a release that after the rept...