Category Archives: Canada

QUEBEC - The recent shootings at a Quebec City mosque shouldn’t distract from the ongoing debate on religious accommodation, Premier Philippe Couillard said Tuesday. Couillard said his governmen...

MONTREAL - The federal government says it will provide $372.5 million in interest-free loans to Bombardier, a move that elicited criticism even though it is far less than the transportation giant orig...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Feb. 7 --- CANADA POSTS TRADE SURPLUS: Statistics Canada says the country posted back-to-back monthly trade surpluses for the first time since September 2014...

TORONTO - A Toronto police officer convicted of attempted murder in the fatal shooting of a troubled teen more than three years ago is expected to have his appeal heard by Ontario’s top court in...

WASHINGTON - The White House wants journalists to write more stories about terrorist attacks, which President Donald Trump says are being under-reported. Asked for examples, his office released a list...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s fledgling network for research into drug abuse has released new provincial guidelines for doctors and nurses on treating people addicted to opioids. The move marks...

TORONTO - A Canadian-American man who fled from Ohio to Quebec after strangling his high school sweetheart with a belt has pleaded guilty to murder and been sentenced to life behind bars. Kyle Sheppar...

OTTAWA - A day after the federal Liberals’ economic advisory council recommended raising the age of retirement eligibility, the government is turning the idea down flat. The council advised the ...

TORONTO - The mother of a Canadian man killed fighting Islamic State militants in northern Syria is questioning why her son’s body still hasn’t been recovered when the remains of a British...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland university says the response has been overwhelming after it waived application fees for students from the seven predominantly Muslim countries targeted by a tem...