Category Archives: Canada

Renowned philosopher Charles Taylor will be among the first to speak during legislative hearings into Quebec's secularism bill that begin today in Quebec City. The Coalition Avenir Quebec governm...

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen is defending new measures aimed at cracking down on unscrupulous immigration consultants, rejecting an all-party committee's call that they be...

SMITHERS, B.C. - A man who became British Columbia's youngest elected mayor has pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual assault involving four boys who were under the age of 16. Luke Strimbold, who be...

OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Yves Duclos says more than a fifth of Indigenous families living on reserves are missing out on the federal government's monthly child benefit. He says that c...

OTTAWA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is calling Canada's claim over the Northwest Passage "illegitimate" in a major speech that is being criticized for being provocative and inaccura...

CALGARY - Police say they have found the bodies of a Calgary woman and her toddler daughter who disappeared last month. Investigators say a suspect, who was earlier questioned in t...

HALIFAX - Canadian scientists say human-made sounds in the ocean are a key factor contributing to the threatened status of three types of whales off the east coast. The C...

OTTAWA - U.S. officials have warned the Trudeau government that its plan to hold an open competition to replace its aging CF-18s is incompatible with Canada's obligations as a member of the F-35 steal...

OTTAWA - An Ontario senator is calling on the federal government to fund a crisis line for victims of coerced and forced sterilization to ensure traumatized women can access assistance. Yvon...

WINNIPEG - A man accused of killing an Indigenous woman in Manitoba says he blacked out before realizing she was dead on his basement floor. Brett Overby, who is 32, has pleaded not guilty to second-d...