Category Archives: Canada

FREDERICTON - A Fredericton-born tech entrepreneur who has spent much of her life in Ontario has been acclaimed leader of the New Brunswick NDP. The party announced Jennifer McKenzie, a former chair o...

OTTAWA - A recent court decision should come as a warning to the federal government to stop playing fast and loose with airline passenger safety rules, says the head of a union that represents thousan...

A Hamilton man’s plans to celebrate his 25th wedding anniversary turned unexpectedly wild when he discovered an alligator lying in his back yard. Walter Ertsinian said the discovery of the 1.5-m...

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is moving ahead with plans to strike eugenist Alexis Carrel’s name from its map. The city’s executive committee passed a motion Wednesday allowing city coun...

OTTAWA - A law that leaves refugees forever at risk of losing their permanent residency must continue to be tested before the courts, says a B.C. lawyer who fell short Thursday in his efforts to have ...

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Animal cruelty charges that had been laid against Marineland were dropped Thursday after prosecutors said there was no reasonable chance of conviction on most of the 11 counts fa...

TORONTO - Relatives of a Canadian pastor released this week after more than two years in a North Korean prison said Thursday he is “on his way home” and they are anxious to be reunited wit...

MONTREAL - Many Coldplay fans in Montreal hoping to catch their final show in the city Wednesday night were turned away, the victims of an apparent online fake ticket scam. City police said Thursday t...

HALIFAX - A hefty reward helped crack the cold-case deaths of two Halifax men at a burned-out camp outside the city, RCMP said Thursday. Elmer Percy Higgins, 65, and Karen Marie Higgins, 49, face char...

OTTAWA - “They were talking generally there about a much, much higher mass arrival situation - not what we’re dealing with. What we’re dealing with is definitely a very high, steady ...