Category Archives: Canada

WASHINGTON - His new attorney general once lost a job over alleged racism against blacks. His new national-security adviser not only blasts Muslims, but has also reportedly been paid recently by the g...

HALIFAX - Canada’s troops and helicopters are urgently needed to protect and ferry peacekeepers at risk of ambush from Islamist militant forces as they travel through war-torn Mali, a top United...

HALIFAX - A Halifax police officer who was demoted for using unnecessary force during a heated traffic stop of a P.E.I. couple has won his appeal and been reinstated as sergeant. Matthew MacGillivray,...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Nora Patrich stopped at the spot on the Parque de la Memoria that bears her late husband’s name. At her side was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. She described her husban...

TORONTO - The head of Canada’s federal housing agency says regulators should explore the possibility of raising the minimum down payment required on a home as a way of easing affordability and r...

TORONTO - Police in Toronto say they’ve located a dog-walking company’s van that was stolen Friday with 16 pets on board. They say all the dogs are accounted for and owners were being cont...

OTTAWA - An Ottawa mosque and a church with a black pastor have been vandalized with swastikas and hateful graffiti following similar attacks on Jewish institutions in the city. The overnight spray-pa...

FREDERICTON - The University of New Brunswick has launched a major fundraising campaign that includes $55 million for financial support for students, describing it as a social justice initiative in a ...

TORONTO - A police officer’s demand for a breath sample from a motorist who smelled of alcohol but otherwise showed no signs of being drunk was reasonable and constitutional, Ontario’s top...

HALIFAX - Researchers say the droppings of small, migratory birds could be having a big impact on the Arctic environment. A team at Dalhousie University in Halifax is leading a study on the connection...