Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - Proposed Ontario legislation that aims to tackle the problem of unreliable elevators has garnered strong public support as well as push-back from contractors who fear they would become targe...

TORONTO - A new study suggests the use of road salt is posing a rising threat to freshwater lakes in parts of North America, including Ontario. The research, published in the Proceedings of the Nation...

OTTAWA - Growers on the cusp of Canada’s nascent marijuana industry are bracing for Thursday’s long-awaited Liberal legislation on legal pot, which sources say is expected to require the n...

VANCOUVER - An international group of marine scientists wants the Canadian government to take steps to cut underwater noise in the Salish Sea off the southern coast of British Columbia. The scientists...

OTTAWA - Malala Yousafzai was born July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan, in the country’s Swat Valley. Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, was an anti-Taliban activist and Malala attended a school th...

OTTAWA - The prepared text of Malala Yousafzai’s speech Wednesday to MPs, senators and dignitaries during a joint session of Parliament: ____ Bismillah hir rahman ir rahim. In the name of God, t...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotian woman acting as her own lawyer in a bid to overturn her conviction for murdering a young Inuit university student had a rough ride at the province’s appeal court Wednesd...

MONTREAL - Drivers facing sticker shock from rising gas prices in many parts of Canada should expect to dig even deeper into their wallets as the summer approaches, says a leading expert on gas prices...

OTTAWA - Police investigators watched and tearfully celebrated Wednesday as a former RCMP counter-terrorism officer who tortured and starved his son in the basement of his family’s suburban Otta...

OTTAWA - The head of the Bank of Canada said an interest rate cut was not on the table during the central bank’s latest policy decision, but also warned of persistent risks that suggest it will ...