Author Archives:

PHILADELPHIA - The Halifax Thunderbirds will open their inaugural National Lacrosse League season with a game against a fellow NLL newcomer. The Thunderbirds' 2019-20 season opener will be Dec. 7 agai...

OTTAWA - The abortion issue has been getting renewed attention ahead of the October election, which could be one way the political conversation in the United States is flowing across the border -...

OTTAWA - Joshua Boyle acknowledges hitting his wife Caitlan Coleman with a broom after they were freed from overseas captivity, but says he did it only because she asked to be spanked. Under cross-exa...

OTTAWA - How do you debate a prime minister hopeful who doesn't show up?That's what leaders of the Conservative, NDP and Green parties are mulling over Thursday as they prepare for the first leaders d...

VICTORIA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's election plane sustained some damage in Victoria after a media bus drove under one of its wings Wednesday night. The plane had just landed in the Britis...

Meadow Lake residents will head to the polls on Sept. 18 in a byelection to elect a new mayor and councillor.The mayoral seat opened in April when Gary Vidal stepped down to run for the Conservatives ...

MONTREAL - Two Quebecers who were successful in getting a court to invalidate sections of the federal and Quebec laws on medically assisted dying want the issue to be given a prominent place on t...

OTTAWA - With that new-campaign-bus smell still fresh, federal party leaders are heading out for Day 2 of the 43rd general election. The excitement had been palpable Wednesday with...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau will ask Canada's Governor General to ring the bell Wednesday for a 40-day federal election campaign, one that pits a scandal-ridden Liberal government against a Conservative o...

CALGARY - Amnesty International has warned Alberta Premier Jason Kenney that his government's fight against oil and gas industry foes puts human rights at risk. The head of the group's Canad...