Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge has dismissed Thomas Partey's bid for emergency relief after Canada denied the Ghana midfielder entry for the FIFA World Cup. Justice Roger Lafrenire, who heard the appl...

OTTAWA - Ottawa might scrap the position of special envoy to Africa, despite House of Commons and Senate committees calling on the government to give the role a higher priority and more resources to c...

OTTAWA - As Jocelyn Downie watched the Supreme Court of Canada strike down the laws criminalizing the act of helping someone end their life in 2015, she thought she'd better find something to do with ...

OTTAWA - Efforts to legalize assisted dying in Canada date back decades and the issue has been the subject of debate in Parliament and at the country's top court. Here are some key dates: 1892: Canada...

VIAN-LES-BAINS - Prime Minister Mark Carney appeared to pitch U.S. President Donald Trump on Canada's plan to import a limited number of Chinese electric vehicles at the G7 summit Tuesday in France. T...

OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge is scheduled to hear an injunction application Tuesday from Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey, whose bid to enter Canada for the World Cup was denied over rape and sexual a...

CULTUS LAKE - Twelve students were taken to hospital Monday after what appears to have been an electrical incident at a waterpark in British Columbia's Fraser Valley. Chilliwack RCMP Cpl. Carmen Kiene...

OTTAWA - Some people who received proof of Canadian citizenship under the "Lost Canadians" legislation that passed last year are now being told to surrender their certificates of citizenship. Immigrat...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is looking at building two new hydroelectric dams, including a fourth dam for the Peace River where the Site C project generated opposition and cost overruns...

VANCOUVER - Airspace restrictions have been placed over both Toronto and Vancouver around FIFA World Cup match times, as Norad conducts what it calls "air defence operations." Capt. Rebecca Garad, a s...