Category Archives: Canada

GENEVA - The global gap in earnings between men and women will not be closed for another 170 years if current trends continue, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Economic Forum. The...

CALGARY - Oilsands producers are expected to report back-to-business third-quarter results over the next few days as they shrug off lingering impacts of last May’s devastating wildfires in Fort ...

MONTREAL - Four Quebec men have been arrested and charged in an alleged fraud scheme involving ATMs in Vermont, authorities announced Wednesday. The residents of Montreal and Laval were charged Tuesda...

TORONTO - There is mounting proof that home prices are rising at a faster rate, Canada’s federal housing agency said Wednesday as it increased its risk rating for the national housing market to ...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg transit driver who stopped during the afternoon rush hour to help a senior with her groceries is receiving kudos from hundreds of people on social media. A passenger on the Route...

TORONTO - An Ontario medical student alleged to have forced two American teenage sisters to engage in sexual acts while he watched via Skype has been ordered extradited to the United States. A lawyer ...

QUEBEC - One of the accused in a series of alleged break-ins and sexual assaults at a Quebec university student residence is now facing 12 charges. Thierno-Ourny Barry, 19, first appeared in court Sat...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Indigenous leaders and the Newfoundland and Labrador government are telling protesters at the site of the Muskrat Falls hydro project they can “go home.” The leade...

OTTAWA - The New Democrats say they plan to turn up the political pressure on the Liberal government to take action on First Nations child welfare. The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that th...

OAK BAY, B.C. - A bowl of nuts helped officers in Oak Bay, B.C., tail a suspected burglar. But as Const. Sheri Lucas investigated what appeared to be a break-in at a home in the Victoria suburb, she q...