Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau said he recognizes the importance of transparency when it comes to scrutinizing how government spending impacts men and women - as well as other groups of people...

THOROLD, Ont. - Family and friends gathered Friday for the funeral of a seven-year-old boy who died last week in St. Catharines, Ont., leading to a murder charge against his stepfather. Nathan Dumas w...

WASHINGTON - Canada’s hotly debated, long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline received its elusive U.S. presidential permit from Donald Trump on Friday, eight years and six months after the initial app...

Five stories in the news for Friday, March 24: --- US GOVERNMENT TO MAKE KEYSTONE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY All signs point to the Keystone XL pipeline project getting approved today. The White House says th...

CALGARY - There was tentative optimism Thursday night following the Calgary Stampede chuckwagon canvas auction, considered an economic bellwether for the oilpatch. The annual event raised $2.4 million...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg woman is recovering in hospital after developing a rare type of strep throat that forced doctors to amputate both her legs and one of her arms. Cari Kirkness, 28, thought she had...

VANCOUVER - Comments attributed to a British Columbia judge about the number of days that should be allotted to hear a sexual assault case have led to a complaint to the Canadian Judicial Council, the...

VANCOUVER - A new study has found teens who have a “couch potato” lifestyle risk having permanent negative effects on their bone health. Orthopedics Prof. Heather McKay of the University o...

TORONTO - Air Miles has posted a letter on its website warning that criminals have stolen cash miles from some of its members. The rewards program says a small number of in-store transactions with sto...

DRAINEY INLET, B.C. - A man working in the forest on British Columbia’s central coast was mauled by a grizzly Wednesday. Sgt. Scott Norris with the B.C. Conservation Officer Service says other c...