Category Archives: Canada

KENTVILLE, N.S. - Brent Hawkes’ lawyer told his gross indecency trial Wednesday that the evidence against the Toronto pastor is “weird,” but the prosecutor contended that doesn’...

TORONTO - A 1912 oil sketch by Group of Seven member J.E.H. MacDonald sold for $230,000 at auction on Tuesday night, including a 15 per cent buyer’s premium. “Tracks and Traffic” was...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government said Tuesday it wants to buy 18 Super Hornets on a temporary basis until a competition can be held to replace Canada’s existing fleet of CF-18 fighter jets. The d...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau is suggesting that small municipalities won’t see much - if any - benefit from the federal government’s proposed new infrastructure bank. The bank, t...

VANCOUVER - A man who was wrongfully imprisoned for nearly three decades has had his compensation award cut by the British Columbia Supreme Court. The court ordered the B.C. government in June to pay ...

CALGARY - Closing arguments in a high-profile sexual assault retrial that was ordered after controversial comments by a judge have been delayed until Monday. It was the second delay this week in the t...

CALGARY - This football season has turned Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi into a riverboat gambler. Nenshi has bets going with mayors from two different cities this weekend. The University of Calgary Dino...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Nov. 22 --- FEDS TO ‘EXPLORE’ ACQUIRING SUPER HORNET JETS: The federal Liberal government says it will “explore the acquisition” of 1...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau plans to discuss LGBTQ rights in a speech later this week at the summit of la Francophonie, where his audience will include countries that still discriminate on the basis of se...

OTTAWA - A Quebec senator has introduced a bill he calls the first concrete legislative measure in Canada to protect journalistic sources following a spate of cases in which reporters have come under ...