Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - Two Ontario real estate associations have voiced opposition to following in Vancouver’s footsteps and implementing a tax on foreign homebuyers, saying that such a “knee-jerk reac...

FREDERICTON - Three provinces and the Criminal Lawyers’ Association of Ontario have been granted intervener status in Dennis Oland’s appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to get bail. The ...

HALIFAX - School officials in four Canadian provinces all received similar bomb threats this week, but each responded to the potential danger differently. Universities and schools across Prince Edward...

KINGSTON, N.S. - Police in Nova Scotia investigating three sexual assaults at an unlicensed daycare are worried there are more victims, and are urging parents whose children attended the facility to g...

FREDERICTON - The RCMP has reopened the investigation of the death of an inmate who was pepper sprayed repeatedly in the face last year at Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick. Last month, police ...

OTTAWA - Former public safety minister Steven Blaney says he’s considering a run for the federal Conservative leadership. Blaney is stepping down from his role as the official Opposition’s...

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ontario police are looking for suspects after a road rage incident between a group of motorcyclists and the occupants of a car led to an assault and a fiery crash near Toronto. Pro...

OTTAWA - Canada’s national inflation rate was 1.1 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces and territories (previous month in brackets): - Newfound...

OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.1 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuat...

OTTAWA - The Canadian economy produced two batches of disappointing numbers Friday that experts said were certain to catch the Bank of Canada’s attention. But despite unexpectedly weak inflation...