Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - The Crown has stayed charges against 36 people who were arrested in a massive anti-Mafia bust in Quebec on suspicion of arson, kidnapping and drug- and weapons-related offences. A federal p...

OTTAWA - The European Union’s trade chief says she appreciates having Justin Trudeau and his international brand on her side in the fight against the forces of anti-trade populism. But these day...

REGINA - The Transportation Safety Board says a runaway rail car that rumbled through seven public street crossings at a speed that reached 30 km/h had been left unattended with inadequate braking. Th...

FREDERICTON - The Supreme Court of Canada will rule this week whether New Brunswick’s Court of Appeal was wrong in denying bail to Dennis Oland while he was awaiting an appeal of his second-degr...

The search is over for an Ontario man accused of fatally injuring his seven-year-old stepson moments before allegedly stabbing a local bank employee. Niagara police Chief Jeff McGuire confirmed that J...

TORONTO - The Earth is flat. Vaccines cause autism. Former U.S. president Barack Obama spied on current president Donald Trump. There’s no shortage of conspiracy theories floating around these d...

A group of Canadian researchers say they have, for the first time, successfully raised wasps that will be used this summer as a weapon against an insect that is ravaging forests. Natural Resources Can...

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police have released a sketch of one of the men they believe was involved in the recent kidnapping of the president of the popular Cora breakfast chain. Police have said t...

DUNDAS, P.E.I. - The annual “pig scramble” at a rural fair in Prince Edward Island amounts to animal cruelty, says a New Brunswick woman who is behind a campaign to stop the event. The con...

CALGARY - Players on a Calgary minor hockey team and their parents have flipped out after a coin toss was used to decide the outcome of a crucial playoff game. There was no winner after a shootout las...