Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Prominent Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor says he’s still getting over the shock of being named the first-ever recipient of the Berggruen Prize. The Montreal philosopher and write...

TORONTO - Housing sales in the Toronto area continued to soar last month, with the average price rising 20.4 per cent from September last year to $755,755, the Toronto Real Estate Board reported Wedne...

The family of a Toronto university student who was detained in Bangladesh expressed relief Wednesday after a court formally cleared him of all allegations related to a deadly terror attack in the coun...

Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, Oct. 5 --- VOTING BEGINS TODAY FOR NEW PQ LEADER Members of the Parti Quebecois begin voting today for a new leader to replace Pierre Karl Peladeau. More than ...

OTTAWA - China has for years tried to block Canadian diplomats from Tibet, banning some of them from visiting aid projects once funded by Canadian taxpayers, says Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dio...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s running mate earned good reviews for a smooth debate performance, with one CNN poll showing six per cent more respondents who watched Tuesday’s event declaring ...

WINNIPEG - A woman who placed the remains of six infants inside a storage locker was not hiding or disposing of them, but rather keeping them, her lawyer argued Wednesday. Greg Brodsky said his client...

MONTREAL - The lawyer for Quebec’s securities regulator questioned why the former CEO of online gaming giant Amaya never testified before a tribunal hearing to proclaim his innocence in the face...

MONTREAL - Members of the Parti Quebecois have begun voting for a new leader to replace Pierre Karl Peladeau. More than 73,200 members can vote by phone or online, until Friday at 5 p.m. eastern. The ...

OTTAWA - So-called guaranteed minimum income programs, which are meant to help people escape poverty, could inadvertently have the opposite effect - or require large tax increases in order to be effec...