Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The top 10 voter-getters in the Royal Canadian Geographic Society’s online survey seeking nominations for Canada’s national bird. The list has now been narrowed to the top five: C...

OTTAWA - A list of official birds of Canadian provinces and territories: British Columbia - Steller’s jay Alberta - Great horned owl Saskatchewan - Sharp-tailed grouse Manitoba - Great grey owl ...

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Geographic Society can expect to ruffle some feathers by choosing a national bird in time for Canada’s 150th birthday next year. An online survey over the last 20 mon...

OTTAWA - A Canadian accused of spying and jailed in China for more than two years has been released and is back in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office confirmed on Thursday. Kevin Gar...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is consciously discriminating against 163,000 children in its delivery of child welfare services on reserves, First Nations advocate Cindy Blackstock said Thursday as a...

CALGARY - Legal experts are urging greater diversity on the bench as three Alberta judges face scrutiny for remarks they made during sexual assault trials. The most high-profile case centres on Judge ...

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Denis Paradis thinks it sounds obvious enough: Canada is an officially bilingual country, so its national capital should be too. “I do think that it would be a good thing tha...

Toronto police are asking for approval to outfit all frontline officers with body-worn cameras, despite reporting major issues after analyzing its year-long pilot project. The request to the police bo...

TORONTO - Lawyers for a group of Ecuadorian villagers and oil giant Chevron squared off in court once again on Thursday in the latest skirmish of a seemingly endless legal war that has already cost te...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is joining a growing number of provinces trying to raise awareness about fentanyl in preparation for possible deaths linked to the powerful opioid. Justice Minister Diana Whalen ...