Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - More must be done to improve the lives of young people in First Nations communities, Justin Trudeau conceded Wednesday, even as he refused to acknowledge an outstanding human rights decision ...

OTTAWA - It has been something of a taboo in Canada-China relations, a subject rarely raised in public but clearly on the minds of successive Canadian governments in their uneasy courtship of the worl...

OTTAWA - Elections Canada experienced some headaches dealing with the longest federal campaign in modern Canadian history, says a new report from the chief electoral officer. Chief electoral officer M...

BANFF, Alta. - A woman was killed and a man was injured when they were struck by a tour bus in Banff National Park on Wednesday. Police said the two passengers got off the bus and were hit when the em...

CALGARY - The CEO of Imperial Oil said Wednesday he’s confident that two multibillion-dollar oilsands projects facing regulatory review in Alberta will be approved, despite the NDP government...

FORT MCKAY, Alta. - A major study of air quality in a northern Alberta indigenous community surrounded by oilsands development suggests there is a chance ongoing exposure to airborne chemicals may be ...

EDMONTON - Police have charged a self-proclaimed Freeman on the Land with carrying out a “paper terrorism” campaign against a peace officer who issued him a speeding ticket. Allen Boisjoli...

HALIFAX - A Halifax police officer says he considered whether he would ultimately need his weapon to save his life as he dealt with an agitated couple he had stopped on a highway near the city last Se...

TORONTO - A man who witnessed a “horrific” daytime attack in an upscale Toronto neighbourhood recalled Wednesday seeing a prominent criminal defence lawyer crawl towards his office after b...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is bombarding the province with thousands of overdose-reversing naloxone kits as part of an all-out assault against a drug crisis that has killed 488 people so far this ye...