Category Archives: Canada

Penny Oleksiak stared at the wall and told herself to be proud of her performance. Her country already was. It was 20 seconds after she touched the timing pad in the women’s 100-metre freestyle ...

TORONTO - A nameless, faceless figure at the heart of the controversy surrounding soaring real estate prices has been named The Canadian Press business newsmaker of the year. As home prices in Vancouv...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s governing Progressive Conservatives are already raising much more money than their opponents. But Premier Brian Pallister is now eyeing changes to fundraising rules that on...

Quebec’s independent police review board is investigating after an alleged machete-wielding man was shot and killed after a car chase with police. The review board says the car chase through the...

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Dec. 27 --- TWO HIKERS MISSING ON BC’s CYPRESS MOUNTAIN A search was set to resume at first light for two hikers believed missing on Cypress Mountain in Bri...

VANCOUVER - The number of people using prescription opioids long-term in British Columbia was growing at a “silent but steady” rate for years before the current overdose crisis erupted, a ...

WINNIPEG - A prairie snowstorm that blanketed much of southern Manitoba closed highways and prompted authorities in Winnipeg to ask residents to stay home. Environment Canada meteorologist Bryan Van W...

DOURO-DUMMER, Ont. - A Toronto law firm is remembering one of its partners as a “vibrant and wonderful person” after news that a family of four died in a fire near Peterborough, Ont. Polic...

TORONTO - Doug Perovic loves his job, but he also wishes he didn’t have to do it. If he’s involved, it usually means something catastrophic has occurred. The University of Toronto engineer...

TORONTO - The smile was priceless, a rare spontaneous moment in the Olympic pressure cooker that will go down as one of the most enduring images of the Rio Summer Games. Andre De Grasse had cruised up...