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Mystery shoppers who paid 36 visits to major cellphone retailers in the Ottawa area say they encountered a general lack of knowledge, misinformation, and a total lack of adequate information in writin...

John Tory now faces one of his most significant political challenges in his second term as Toronto mayor, working with an Ontario premier who himself might relish the job of running the city. And now ...

The Alberta NDP has asked the province's elections commissioner to investigate the United Conservative Party, its leader Jason Kenney, a third-party advertiser called Shaping Alberta's Future and the ...

Ontario Provincial Police and the province's chief coroner announced Tuesday they are reopening the investigation into the death of a 19-year-old Indigenous woman, Audrey Anderson, in Sioux Lookout, 4...

Canadians are buying more cars than almost ever before, but a closer look reveals they’re taking longer and longer to pay them off, too.

The large caravan of migrants and refugees making its way toward Mexico and the United States is garnering a lot of attention and anger from Donald Trump. Many North Americans had never heard of these...

Prior to his death, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi had hit an assertive stride as a persistent critic of Saudi Arabia and its Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.

U.S. national security adviser John Bolton says Russian meddling in U.S. elections had backfired on Moscow, providing a lesson to the Kremlin: "Don't mess with American elections."

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: EU and Italy's new populist government battle over budgets; in the U.S. there's a growing backlash against gerry...

Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million US in damages and provide two years of free credit-monitoring services to 200 million people whose email addresses and other personal information were stolen in one...

Rona Ambrose's former riding remains staunchly Conservative after a Monday byelection that saw the Tory candidate romp to victory.

A Catholic school trustee candidate who lost in last week's civic election is questioning why the school her children have attended for six years asked to see her baptismal certificate.Mom-of-three Kristin Heimbecker said Monday she's worried her chi...

The father of a missing 3-year-old North Texas girl was arrested Monday after voluntarily giving new answers to investigators’ questions about his daughter’s disappearance.

The Alberta government launched its annual influenza immunization program to the public Monday in the hopes of seeing a significant uptick in participation this season.The province spent $12.1 million this year to obtain 1.6 million doses, which woul...

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, visited Edmonton in July, joining hundreds of volunteers who devoted their time and effort to help build affordable housing in Alberta’s capital city.

Le grand patron de la Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC), Alain Brunet, quittera ses fonctions au cours des prochains jours, a appris Le Journal.

La Caisse de dépôt et placement et le Fonds de solidarité FTQ deviennent actionnaires du Groupe Océan de Québec. Le montant de l’investissement s’élève à 112 millions de dollars.

OTTAWA | Le premier ministre Justin Trudeau jure qu’une nouvelle taxe sur le carbone qui sera imposée aux provinces qui n’en ont toujours pas ne coûtera pas une cenne à «la plupart des ménages». Au contraire, elles devraient même recevoir...

Sol Zanetti sera le porte-parole de Québec solidaire en matière de santé et Christine Labrie pilotera le dossier de l’éducation, a annoncé QS, mardi.

La confusion règne autour de l’application de certains aspects de la loi sur le cannabis, six jours après la légalisation du produit, même si les policiers ont commencé à émettre des constats pour possession de pot illicite.

In the 19th century, a lady’s calling card was, well, her calling card. These perfumed rectangles of paper could convey many messages to the gentleman who received one, depending on which corner was folded down and the French abbreviations she fest...

The tenant of a south London townhouse destroyed by an explosion in 2014 said in court Monday that she received a panicked call from a man charged with arson and drug offences.

Police and students leaders are asking St. Patrick’s Day revellers to be on their best behavior as the dark memory of a destructive March 17 six years ago still lingers.

The London Free Press is taking a big digital step forward — and we’re bringing our 160-year tradition of journalistic excellence with us.

Elgin OPP say a body recovered from Lake Erie Saturday is a man who had been previously reported missing to London police.

The Trudeau Liberals may have promised to ramp up Canada’s involvement in peacekeeping, but new UN figures show that Canada had fewer peacekeepers deployed on missions in September than at any point in recent memory — including under the Harper C...

Britain says it will give Canada the two shipwrecks once commanded by John Franklin that lie at the heart of one of this country’s most compelling Arctic myths.

A Canadian civil liberties group is accusing Dalhousie University of censoring the political expression of a student leader under investigation for her social media comments.

The niqab conversation in Canada isn’t going away anytime soon. Don’t think that whatever happens with Quebec’s Bill 62, whether it lives or dies, is going to neatly solve the issue and put it to bed for good.

Former Ontario premier Bob Rae has been named a special envoy to Myanmar.

After being wanted by police for more than two weeks, former Saskatchewan Roughrider Justin Jemar Cox was arrested and charged with assault.

“I’d like for it to be an iconic Islamic structure that reflects local architecture as well, one that will express our identity as Prairie Muslims."

In a Saskatchewan first, a Muslim blessing will be delivered to open the new legislative session. 

The big environmental ideas these days may very well be a collection of really good small ideas worth considering.

The city administration’s report does not reflect the true cost of a Living Wage for the City of Regina, nor the benefits.

HALIFAX — A study showing a dearth of minority judges in Canada has advocates suggesting the country must seize a unique opportunity to increase racial diversity in a “judiciary of whiteness.” “After many years of saying this ...

We analyzed the numbers to see the effects of the province's graduated licensing program.

B.C.’s finance minister says the provincial government is taking a City of Vancouver proposal to impose a tax on vacant homes seriously, despite the province’s general reluctance to seek solutions to the region’s housing affordabili...

Spurred on by a poll showing three-quarters of British Columbians supporting a heightened minimum wage, John Horgan looks to be gambling that Justin Trudeau's left-ward shift is the way to electoral victory.

Eleven B.C. residents have acquired travel-related Zika virus in the seven months since public health officials started testing for the mosquito-borne virus.

Minister Jim Wilson said the government is set to introduce the Making Ontario Open for Business Act, to be followed by a series of bills to “lower business costs and boost competition.”

Monday’s election saw the ousting of incumbents, an inevitability given many were going head to head in the redrawn wards.

The prime minister and Conservative Leader Andrew Sheer may not agree on much but both agree that things are going to get nasty, Susan Delacourt writes.

The city council also has the most veteran of newcomers and at least a few fans of an extended Sheppard subway, writes Edward Keenan.

Since Surrey RCMP said Friday they had implemented successful strategies to combat gun violence, there have been three more shootings.

A B.C. Supreme Court ruling allowing a terminally-ill woman a medically-assisted death has not opened the door to nurses now participating in hastened death, the College of Registered Nurse of B.C. said Monday.

The vast majority of government-funded long-term care homes for seniors in B.C. do not meet Ministry of Health staffing guidelines. The Residential Care Facilities Quick Facts Directory, a report released recently by the Office of the Seniors Advocat...

Now that the least is expected of them — or wanted from them, if you ask the draftists — the Vancouver Canucks have built their longest winning streak of the season. It began five days ago. It took the Canucks six months and 79 National H...

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Leamington voters opted to vote for change in a big way as sitting Deputy Mayor Hilda MacDonald upended incumbent Mayor John Paterson. MacDonald scored a resounding 1,808-vote victory picking up 4,341 votes to Paterson’s 2,533. Retired Canadian Arm...

For the first time in his political career, Lakeshore Mayor Tom Bain breathed easily on an election night. The 69-year-old was acclaimed, maintaining his seat for the fourth consecutive term. “I’ve knocked on a lot of doors in the past,” Bain s...

There will finally be cooperation on Essex town council, according to new mayor Larry Snively. “There will be a big change,” said Snively between hugs and handshakes at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 201 in Essex Monday night. “My plan is to move...

A few months back, the Town of Tecumseh/Lakeshore announced they would be building roundabouts at a couple of roads intersecting County Road 42. It’s time the City of Windsor builds one at the terrible intersection of Lauzon Parkway, County Roa...

Ward 9 saw a changing of the guard Monday as Kieran McKenzie dethroned incumbent Hilary Payne in a landslide. “This is a validation of the conversation that I have been having with the people of Ward 9 for over four years now,” said McKenzie, leg...

The father of a missing 3-year-old North Texas girl was arrested Monday after voluntarily giving new answers to investigators’ questions about his daughter’s disappearance.

Manitoba’s new Liberal leader said he won’t add to his seat count by wooing one of the province’s two independent MLAs.

Manitobans could eventually buy legal marijuana along with their beer at some vendors, if a hotel association pitch succeeds.

Police are asking the public to help identify a young boy whose body was found on a beach in Southeast Texas.

Uber announced more than 11,000 Manitobans are on board with its goal to offer rides in the province, just as the taxi industry vowed to lobby for strict rules to govern such companies.