Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai has died after a brief and aggressive battle with liver cancer. Relatives of the Calgary politician say he passed away Friday in Calgary surrounded by his famil...

TORONTO - A Toronto neurosurgeon who murdered his wife two days after she filed for divorce now faces a disciplinary hearing before Ontario's medical regulator. The College of Physician...

MONTREAL - Canadians with criminal records for simple pot possession can now apply for a pardon free of cost and with no mandatory five-year waiting period - but they'll have to finish their sentence ...

OTTAWA - Transport Canada says it's lifting speed restrictions for cargo ships in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after recent surveillance failed to detect North Atlantic right whales in shipping ...

HALIFAX - Canada's military reserve units will see $250 million in repairs and upgrades to their armouries and training facilities over the next five years, changes Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan...

OTTAWA - The chief executive of the federal infrastructure financing agency says the pitched political debate about the future of the Crown corporation doesn't reflect behind-the-scenes talks on proje...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau injected a dose of electoral politics into an announcement Thursday in Canada's Far North, taking aim at his Conservative rival while unveili...

Five stories in the news for Thursday, August 1 --- CANADA NOT CONSULTED ABOUT U.S. DRUG PLAN Federal officials say Ottawa was not consulted in advance about the details of a ...

WINNIPEG - Helicopters and a specialized military aircraft scoured from the air while armed police took to the ground over northern Manitoba in a hunt for two suspects of murders in British Columbia. ...

IRVINE, Alta. - Residents near a community in southeastern Alberta have been told to evacuate the area as a precaution following a train derailment. The Alberta government issued the em...