Category Archives: Canada

NANAIMO, B.C. - A defence lawyer says the man accused of murdering two of his former co-workers at a British Columbia sawmill should be acquitted of first-degree murder and convicted of manslaughter. ...

TORONTO - Some quick facts about Shomi, the video-on-demand service that announced Monday it was shutting down on Nov. 30: Opening Scene: Rogers and Shaw launched Shomi on Nov. 4, 2014, in the hopes o...

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - A skier has died after a small avalanche pushed him over a cliff near Lake Louise, Alta. Tim Haggarty with Parks Canada says the man in his 20s from Golden, B.C., died Sunday on M...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Sept. 26 ____ CANADIAN-IRANIAN PROFESSOR FREED FROM PRISON IN IRAN: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a retired Canadian-Iranian professor has been released ...

MONTREAL - Homa Hoodfar, a Montreal-based retired university professor, has been released from a prison in Tehran after being imprisoned in the country since June. Her family and friends confirmed Mon...

OTTAWA - Federal Conservative leadership hopeful Brad Trost wants a key aide to former prime minister Stephen Harper to repay some of the moving expenses he was reimbursed for eight years ago. “...

TORONTO - Shomi announced Monday it was shutting down at the end of November, two years after the video-on-demand service launched amid hopes of thriving in a hyper-competitive market. “The busi...

OTTAWA - Canada’s finance minister is hinting the federal government could take steps as early as this autumn’s economic update to help the economy at a time of slower-than-expected growth...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland radio station says it has parted ways with an announcer who told a young woman on Twitter that she should strip. The woman had invited her followers to watch a ...

OTTAWA - A New Democrat MP has followed through on a promise to table a private member’s bill to repeal controversial anti-terrorism measures. NDP public safety critic Randall Garrison says the ...