Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - Demand for housing in British Columbia still far outstrips supply, experts say, even as the latest census figures show growth in the number of homes was higher than the increase in populat...

Ottawa police promise a heavy presence in the capital and zero tolerance for hate as a second convoy prepares to descend on the city this weekend, this time involving hundreds of motorcycles instead o...

OTTAWA - Greenhouse gas emissions produced by the federal government itself fell by more than one-fifth in the last two years and are already below the 2025 target. But Environment Commissioner Jerry ...

TORONTO - Single-detached houses are still the most plentiful type of housing in Canada, but apartments and row houses are slowly catching up, the latest census data reveals. The figures released by S...

OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is hitting back at Meta, which owns Facebook, after the company did not rule out banning Canadians from viewing and sharing news on the social network. The L...

HALIFAX - One of the Mounties who oversaw the initial response to the mass shooting in Nova Scotia was off work for at least 16 months afterwards, saying he struggled with questions about his own deci...

WASHINGTON - United States prosecutors say they've offered a plea deal to the Montreal-area woman accused of mailing poison to former president Donald Trump. The deal would include the three charges F...

QUEBEC - The man accused of murdering two people with a sword on Halloween 2020 in Quebec City's historic district will testify in his own defence. Carl Girouard, 26, is charged with two counts of fir...

OTTAWA - Canada has imposed sanctions on more than 200 people who are loyal to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Global Affairs Canada says the new measures target 1...

TORONTO - Newly released census data shows 0.33 per cent of Canadians aged 15 or older - or about 100,815 people - identify as transgender or non-binary. The new information from Statistics Canada giv...