Nova Scotia school holds memorial for two teen girls struck and killed by train

LANTZ, N.S.—Relatives, classmates, teachers, Mounties, air cadets and rugby players filled every seat of the Hants East Rural High auditorium Saturday afternoon to celebrate the lives...

Harper PMO deleted from Google web searches to keep site up to date

OTTAWA—Conservative MP Candice Bergen is angry that the government has had dozens of web pages from Stephen Harper’s days as prime minister deleted from Google search...

Senate passes assisted dying bill with amendment to delete near death proviso

OTTAWA—The Senate has sent the federal government’s controversial bill on assisted dying back to the House of Commons with a major amendment that guts the central...

Family of slain hostage says it backs Canada’s policy not to pay ransom

OTTAWA – Relatives of a Canadian man whose expansive, romantic life was cut short by terrorists in the Philippines say despite the tragic end to his...

Canadian officials offer condemnation and sympathy after Florida mass shooting

Kathleen Wynne shuffles Ontario’s Liberal cabinet halfway through mandate

TORONTO—Premier Kathleen Wynne will promote some new faces to the front benches of the Ontario legislature Monday in her first cabinet shuffle since leading the Liberals...

Experts question Health Canada claims over W 18 drug, call for more research

VANCOUVER—Experts are questioning widely circulated Health Canada claims that the drug W-18 is 100 times more powerful than fentanyl, or that the new arrival to the...

Walmart Canada will no longer accept Visa due to ‘unacceptably high’ fees

TORONTO—Walmart says it intends to join the list of retailers in Canada that don’t accept Visa cards, citing high fees for transactions. It’s a move a...

Judge awards $8M to B.C. man wrongfully imprisoned for 27 years

VANCOUVER—A  man who was wrongfully convicted on sexual assault charges has been awarded more than $8 million by a B.C. court after spending nearly 27 years...