Category Archives: Canada

FREDERICTON - There will be no fast-track appeal in a cross-border beer battle that has national implications for interprovincial trade. New Brunswick government lawyers had sought leave to appeal the...

WINNIPEG - Police have laid more charges against a former Winnipeg priest previously convicted of sexual abuse. Ronald Leger, who is 78, faces eight counts of sexual assault. Leger is accused of abusi...

OTTAWA - Two federal cabinet ministers danced around the issue of approving new oil pipelines at this week’s climate conference in Ottawa, but both concede that Liberal policy decisions will ups...

TORONTO - An Ontario mother is calling for better tracking of errors made by pharmacies after her son died from what she called a devastating “careless mistake.” Melissa Sheldrick’s ...

OTTAWA - The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union, also known as CETA, appears to be close to foundering on the objections of a small region of Belgium. Her...

TORONTO - On the eve of the 50th anniversary of Chanie Wenjack’s passing, Gord Downie offered an impassioned retelling of his story through a collection of songs honouring the late indigenous bo...

MONTREAL - The federal government isn’t ruling out offering financial support to the struggling newspaper industry, Heritage Minister Melanie Joly said Friday. Newspapers are hurting and all opt...

OTTAWA - It’s been a full year since the 2015 election - an anniversary that was hard to miss this week on Parliament Hill amid all the media-driven assessments, reflections and slide shows, to ...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut’s medical health officer says the territory won’t immediately change its policy on prevention of lung infections in newborns despite having some of the highest r...

WINNIPEG - Police in Winnipeg are investigating whether a young child suffered a possible fentanyl overdose. Const. Rob Carver says paramedics were called to a home Tuesday night and found a child und...