Category: Canada

A group of teens and Good Samaritans who rescued an eight-year-old boy from a chairlift on Grouse Mountain were honoured for their actions on Friday.The group of five boys and, as it turns out, two adults, snapped into action on Wednesday afternoon when the young boy somehow ended up dangling from one of the lifts.Cell […]

After weeks of wintry misery, most Canadians probably say that spring cannot come fast enough.They should be careful what they wish for, though. Heavy snow accumulation in many parts of the country means a heightened risk of flooding if the weather turns to spring too quickly.Thawing snow could be an issue in northern and central […]

Experts are saying new federal cannabis legislation doesn’t go far enough in burying past convictions for simple possession of pot.The legislation would make it quicker and cheaper to get a pardon but critics say it won’t be enough to right decades of problems caused by cannabis criminalization.WATCH: Global News coverage of debate around pot possession […]

The federal government’s promised overhaul of environmental evaluations for energy projects is poised for major Senate surgery.But the upper chamber must race to pass the bill before an election deadline sends it to the shredder.Bill C-69, the Impact Assessment Act, fulfills a Liberal campaign promise to change how major energy projects get reviewed for their […]

Flights out of Montreal–Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport to the United States were temporarily delayed Saturday morning.Officials said a breakdown in the U.S. baggage system was to blame for the delays.WATCH: Pre-flight pups help anxious fliers at Trudeau Airport

Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers were able to overcome a slow start in Ottawa.McDavid scored a slick goal to boost his team as the Oilers defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Thursday.Sam Gagner, Colby Cave and Zack Kassian also scored for the Oilers (27-30-7), who won their first in three games. Mikko Koskinen made […]

The economy expanded at an annualized pace of 0.4 per cent over the final three months of 2018 as the country posted its weakest quarterly growth since the middle of 2016, Statistics Canada said Friday. The agency’s latest figures for real gross domestic product show that for all of last year the economy grew 1.8 […]

The Ottawa police arson unit has taken over the investigation into a heavy fire that ripped through Holland Avenue’s Allium Restaurant early Friday, the local fire department confirmed shortly after 10 a.m.No one was injured in the fire, Ottawa Fire Services spokesperson Danielle Cardinal said. The blaze temporarily displaced one woman and one child.Ottawa police […]

Three ministers from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s cabinet are taking on new roles amid the fallout of the SNC-Lavalin affair.Story continues below The mini cabinet shuffle follows the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould from cabinet last month in the wake of allegations that, while serving as attorney general, she was pressured to intervene and cut a […]

The federal justice minister has quashed a murder conviction and directed a new trial for a Halifax-area man who was jailed for almost 17 years for the murder of his ex-girlfriend.David Lametti’s decision says there was a reasonable basis to conclude a miscarriage of justice occurred in the case of Glen Assoun.It also says a […]