Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - Ottawa has told the Maritime provinces they will have to pay back hefty HST revenues after overpayments in recent years. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and P.E.I. said Thursday the federal gover...

SAGUENAY, Que. - A repeat drunk driver who was under the influence of alcohol when he killed a family of three was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison. A jury convicted Yves Martin last December ...

TORONTO - A task force report released Thursday makes 32 recommendations on how to “modernize” the 8,000-member Toronto Police Service. Here are some key ones: Culture change: Moving towar...

TORONTO - A group of Toronto pot shop owners is calling for greater co-operation and understanding between police and their fellow dispensary owners. The Toronto Dispensary Coalition backed up recent ...

CALGARY - A neighbour says he noticed a large fire on the property of a man charged in the deaths of a couple and their grandson the morning after the three disappeared. Brian Kalmbach says it was the...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil says teachers can trust his government to improve classroom conditions as they consider how to vote on the latest tentative agreement in the long-simmering...

TORONTO - Strong evidence of problematic conditions continues to exist in the national housing market, as accelerating prices spill out from Canada’s two most expensive cities to surrounding are...

OTTAWA - Chad Bouthillier is no stranger to couch surfing, homeless shelters, transitional housing and addiction issues - but until now, the rest of the country has been largely in the dark about the ...

TORONTO - A man who took cellphone video of an incident in which police were making an arrest has filed a formal complaint, alleging the officers threatened to confiscate his phone if he didn’t ...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a British Columbia law that forces people to register before sponsoring political advertising during a provincial election, even when little or no money...