Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - For a certain generation of connoisseur, beer sold in aluminum cans cannot call itself “craft beer.” But that’s changing to the relief of Peter Love, whose family-owned Cal...

VANCOUVER - When Stephanie Hale read the University of British Columbia’s new sexual misconduct policy, she had mixed emotions. The 22-year-old undergraduate had refused to participate in a hear...

MONTREAL - A proposed personal finance course for Quebec high-school students is pitting teachers unions against the government and a financial industry that want people to be more comfortable managin...

Canadian producer Bernie Herms is finally enjoying the sweet taste of Grammy Awards glory. After eight nominations, the London, Ont.-born songwriter pocketed his first win Sunday for “Thy Will,&...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the draw’s $1 million guaranteed prize was claimed by a ticket purchased in Atl...

OTTAWA - The past, present and potential future of the federal Conservative party offered their Liberal rivals an unprecedented show of solidarity Sunday on the eve of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

EMERSON, Man. - The Mounties say 21 people crossed the border illegally this weekend near a Manitoba community where there has been a surge in asylum seekers - the latest to arrive in a method authori...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier is turning again to a legislative hammer to try to settle the ongoing contract dispute with the province’s 9,300 public school teachers, but the union’...

TORONTO - Protesters staged demonstrations across Canada Saturday to attack the governing Liberals’ decision to abandon their promise of electoral reform. Hundreds of people turned out to the To...

SINGAPORE - The Canadian High Commission in Singapore cancelled a Canada 150 event at the Botanic Gardens after an accident left one person dead. The federal government says the person killed and four...