Category Archives: Canada

RED DEER, Alta. - A man who strangled his wife and concealed her body in a wall of their Calgary home is going back to prison. The Parole Board of Canada, at a hearing in Red Deer, Alta., decided to r...

LAVAL, Que. - Olympic gold-medal sprinter Bruny Surin is entering a different kind of race - this time, for a spot as a city councillor in Laval, Que. Surin has announced he'll run in a Nov....

Here is a list of Canadians who have won the Nobel Prize: 1923: Frederick G. Banting, Nobel Prize in medicine for the "discovery of insulin." 1949: William F. Giauque, Nobel Prize in chemistry for "co...

WINNIPEG - When James Peebles was acknowledged by the University of Manitoba for his work in physical cosmology, the research was described as "the stuff of which dreams are made." The Canadian-A...

HALIFAX - The recovery of eel nets that helped confirm Aboriginal rights to earn a living from fishing is bringing back powerful memories for those closely touched b...

MONTREAL - A Quebec man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his unborn child will have a legal aid lawyer study his attempt to withdraw his plea. Sofiane Ghazi was back in court Tuesday and to...

WINNIPEG - A look at James Peebles, the Canadian-born physicist who shares this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. Age: 84 Early years: Born in the Winnipeg neighbourhood of St. Boniface, Peebles moved to...

MONCTON, N.B. - Three years after a Moncton man in an electric wheelchair was killed by a freight train at a level crossing in the city, a lawsuit in his death has been resolved. Court documents ...

STOCKHOLM - Canadian born scientist James Peebles is one of three people who have won the Nobel Prize in Physics this year. He won the award "for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology." P...

OTTAWA - Sociology professor Hassan Diab, who spent a decade fighting allegations of terrorism, is now battling in court for a copy of his Canadian citizenship certificate. The 65-year-old O...