Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The long-awaited legal challenge over whether a deal between Canada and the U.S. governing refugee claims violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms began today at Federal Court in ...

OTTAWA - Colleagues praised Nicholas Kasirer as a nimble legal mind and devoted professional as they welcomed the newest member of the Supreme Court of Canada in a ceremony today. The fluently bilingu...

VANCOUVER - Job action by Metro Vancouver transit workers is into a fourth day with more sailing cancellations on a pedestrian ferry connecting Vancouver to the North Shore, and a warni...

OTTAWA - Elizabeth May has stepped down as the leader of the federal Green party. May told a news conference Monday on Parliament Hill that after 13 years in the job, she's stepping dow...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Major government departments in Nunavut remain partly impacted after a weekend cyber attack. The attack has frozen electronic data for all services requiring access to ele...

MONTREAL - A hydroelectric project in Quebec's far north has been renamed after a former premier whose personal relationship with Cree leaders made the venture possible. Quebec Premier Franc...

OTTAWA - The Crown is asking an Ontario court to overturn a decision to grant bail to a senior RCMP official accused of breaching Canada's secrets law. The Public Prosecution Service of Cana...

CALGARY - Second World War medals discovered in a Calgary thrift store's donation pile have been returned to a fallen soldier's family. The Goodwill shop's manager had said she&nbs...

OTTAWA - Eleven Canadian senators are forming a new caucus that aims to make sure regional issues get their due in the upper chamber. A statement from the newly christened Canadian Sena...

MONTREAL - The number of Quebecers without power following Friday's intense storm dropped steadily throughout the day Saturday, as hundreds of hydro employees worked to repair broken el...