Category Archives: Canada

REGINA - Chants of “no ifs, no buts, no public sector cuts” rang out on the front steps of the Saskatchewan legislature Wednesday as several hundred people rallied against the government. ...

Ever wonder what a dead blue whale smells like? A Fossil wrist watch that Mark Engstrom wore as he helped preserve the bones of Blue, a 24-metre female whose skeleton goes on display Saturday at the R...

EMERSON, Man. - Nineteen asylum-seekers braved a fierce blizzard and whiteout conditions on the open prairie to cross into Canada near the Manitoba border community of Emerson, the area’s reeve ...

ST-JEROME, Que. - Another alleged victim of Bertrand Charest testified at his sex-assault trial Wednesday and said the former ski coach put his hands down her pants when she was about 16. She said the...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says he will use a meeting Friday with his U.S. counterpart to try to find out who is organizing the risky movement of would-be refugees into Canada in th...

OTTAWA - Liberal backbenchers have defied Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, voting in favour of a bill that would bar health and life insurance companies from forcing clients to disclose the results of g...

TORONTO - A long-awaited Canadian study of a controversial treatment for multiple sclerosis known as “liberation therapy” has debunked the procedure, saying it is ineffective and should be...

Edmonton police say they are investigating lots of tips as they search for a man who is accused of breaking a woman’s arms with a crowbar in a vicious road rage attack. Police spokesman Scott Pa...

HALIFAX - In its heyday, it was one of Canada’s largest fighting ships - built for operations in the North Atlantic as a helicopter-carrying submarine hunter with a crew of more than 250. But th...

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, March 8: --- TRUDEAU MARKING WOMEN’S DAY WITH FANFARE Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who proudly calls himself a feminist, is marking International Women&...