Category Archives: Canada

LACOMBE, Alta. - Family and friends of Master Cpl. Byron Greff don’t want the 28-year-old to be remembered as a footnote to Canada’s mission to Afghanistan. On Oct. 29, 2011 Greff, who was...

EDMONTON - Former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney has officially launched his bid for the leadership of Alberta’s new United Conservative Party by promising to stand up to Prime Minister J...

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asking Canadians to donate to the Red Cross to help fire ravaged communities and families in British Columbia, the residents of a tiny Caribou c...

PORTLAND, Maine - Wildlife officials are boosting a program to vaccinate raccoons in the wild in an effort prevent the spread of rabies in Maine and northward into Canada. About 351,000 oral rabies va...

MONTREAL - Maurice Filion, the former coach and general manager of the Quebec Nordiques in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League, has died. Filion, who was 85, died on Friday but...

WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday the federal government is willing to use all options to force Denver-based Omnitrax Inc. to repair a flooded-out rail line that has cut off the s...

TORONTO - A Toronto man was formally handed a life sentence Friday after pleading guilty to the so-called “crossbow killings” of his mother and two brothers last August. According to a sta...

TORONTO - The union representing 700 striking workers at Canada’s busiest airport says the walkout has caused some significant baggage handling delays so far but management is calling it “...

ALTON, Ont. - Glen Abbey may be the focus of the golf world this week, but a rough-hewn diamond in the heart of the Credit River Valley is quietly charting a course towards becoming Ontario’s ul...

OTTAWA - The federal NDP race is entering its final stretch as party members prepare to start voting for their future leader on Sept. 18. There are four candidates in the race to replace Tom Mulcair -...