Category Archives: Canada

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Dec. 6 --- FAMILIES TO SPEND UP TO $420 ON FOOD: STUDY The typical Canadian family will spend up to $420 more on groceries and dining out next year, getting littl...

OTTAWA - Canada’s spy agencies should destroy the data trails of innocent people they incidentally collect during terrorism investigations once the actual targets have been cleared of suspicion,...

OTTAWA - Supreme Court of Canada justices challenged Google’s lawyers Tuesday for arguing that the company’s own free speech rights are being compromised by a B.C. injunction ordering it t...

CRANBROOK, B.C. - The lawyer for one of three people with ties to a British Columbia polygamous community says the prosecution has not met the burden of proof that his client intended to remove a 13-y...

TORONTO - The typical Canadian family will spend up to $420 more on groceries and dining out next year, getting little relief from a recent drop in the cost of food, suggests a new report released Mon...

TORONTO - A group of Canadians charged with examining access to prescription drugs across the country is recommending that the federal government adopt a national, publicly funded pharmacare plan in c...

NELSON HOUSE, Man. - An outdoor education teacher from Miramachi, N.B., has been found dead near Nelson House, Man. David MacDonald’s body was found Sunday afternoon by members of the Nelson Hou...

OTTAWA - Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose is asking the federal lobbying and ethics watchdogs to take another look at so-called cash-for-access fundraisers featuring Prime Minister Justin Trud...

VICTORIA - A former sailor says she is launching a proposed class-action lawsuit to change the culture of harassment and abuse in the Canadian Armed Forces after the military rejected her complaints o...

OTTAWA - Canada’s petroleum industry lobby group told the federal government this summer that carbon tax revenues from oil and gas should be pumped back into the industry in order to “not ...