Category Archives: Canada

EDMONTON - A computer program has learned to win at one of the most complex poker games by copying a very human impulse - trusting its gut. “I think there’s a lot of similarities to real h...

ESQUIMALT, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says regulating the sale of marijuana will protect young people and take money away from criminal gangs, but the government is drawing the line at pot w...

WINDSOR, Ont. - A man and a woman from Windsor, Ont., are facing charges after allegedly trying to import the deadly opioid fentanyl from China. The RCMP says the Canada Border Services Agency interce...

OTTAWA - Immigration and border officials say it’s far too early to speculate about whether a definite increase in the number of asylum claims being made in Canada is a trend that merits a chang...

VANCOUVER - Home sales across the Vancouver area were down dramatically in February compared with last year’s record-breaking pace, while prices across the region remained more stable. The Real ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Police in Newfoundland say a man who shot his 37-year-old grandson while out hunting thought he was firing at a rabbit. They arrived at a St. John’s hospital Wednesday a...

TORONTO - The Toronto Zoo is citing a baby animal boom as one of the main reasons for its first attendance increase in several years. In an annual review presented to its board, the city-owned facilit...

OTTAWA - The fallout from climate change and the actions needed to deal with it are poised to have “material and pervasive” effects on the economy and its financial system, a senior Bank o...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba aid agencies warned Thursday they are becoming overwhelmed by a wave of refugee claimants coming across the U.S. border near the community of Emerson. Some 169 people have crossed ...

TORONTO - Soaring electricity bills in Ontario will see an average 17-per-cent cut this summer, a year before the provincial Liberals bid for re-election, but those savings will ultimately cost ratepa...