Tag Archives: National

OTTAWA - Opposition critics say they have been left in the dark about the federal government's preparations for a potential outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Canada. Health Minister Patty Hajd...

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden's no kid, but he knows how to stage a comeback.  The former vice-president, whose bid for the Democratic presidential nomination was on life support two weeks ago...

OTTAWA - A senior public servant tasked with ensuring the Liberal government remained on track to deliver on its promises is on his way out. Matthew Mendelsohn is returning to academia after four year...

OTTAWA - A senior Canadian general added his voice to a growing chorus of military voices calling for modernizing North American defensive systems as he described Russia as the "greatest short-term th...

CALGARY - Alberta's top court is allowing a dozen submissions to be heard from advocacy groups and First Nations in the province's constitutional challenge to Ottawa's re...

Montreal police are investigating recent acts of vandalism at Buddhist temples as potential hate crimes. Louis Le, a volunteer at the Quan Am temple, said today he believes th...

OTTAWA - The federal cabinet minister for diversity, inclusion and youth says racism targeted at Indigenous people in the wake of national anti-pipeline protests is "horrible." Bardish Chagger sa...

BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - A former police chief in Nova Scotia has been sentenced to 15 months in jail and one year of probation after being convicted last October of sexually exploiting a teen wi...

TORONTO - A group of Canadian women who suffered ill-effects from implantation of a medical device called transvaginal mesh will receive a total of $21.5 million in compensation, recent court records ...

ST-JEROME, Que. - The suspect charged with first-degree murder in the violent death of a 13-year-old Quebec girl will return to court today. Francois Senecal, 51, is ...