Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - Sidney Crosby is welcoming the Stanley Cup to his native Nova Scotia for a third time. Phil Pritchard, the Cup’s keeper, tweeted a photo Saturday night of Crosby hoisting the trophy ab...

CALGARY - Entry to Canada’s national parks is free this year to mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation. Here is what Parks Canada prepared for, by the numbers: 23.2 million - Visitors in 20...

CALGARY - National Parks are usually busy on summer long weekends, but Parks Canada has been bracing for even bigger numbers in 2017 as it offers free entry to mark the 150th anniversary of Confederat...

REGINA - The ground is so dry and deeply cracked on Todd Lewis’s farm in southern Saskatchewan that he says if a wrench is dropped down one of the crevasses, “we’ll never find it....

CALGARY - From avoiding burned out workers to ensuring washrooms have enough toilet paper, documents show how Parks Canada painstakingly prepared for a record number of visitors this year. To celebrat...

DUNCAN, B.C. - In a tree-nestled First Nation community on Vancouver Island, forestry and farming used to be the major industries that kept the economy humming and put food on families’ tables. ...

TORONTO - There is no winning ticket for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket sold in Ontario. The jackpot ...

MONTREAL - Venezuelan-Canadians who are scrambling to help their family and friends are asking Canadians to take notice of the escalating political and humanitarian crisis in their homeland. Alessandr...

VANCOUVER - Poor air quality persists throughout the southern half of British Columbia as tinder-dry conditions continue to fuel wildfires. Dr. Bonnie Henry, deputy provincial health officer, said the...

LANGLEY, B.C. - A grass fire in Metro Vancouver led emergency crews to discover a person’s body. Firefighters in Langley, B.C., were fighting a blaze on the eastern edge of the city less than th...