Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - An activist who made headlines when she was charged for refusing to fill out the census three years ago will be remembered for her spirit and tenacity at a funeral service in Toronto today. ...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $55 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. There were also four Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up for grabs - but none of them were ...

WINNIPEG - When Terra McCabe lost her dog Daisy three years ago in Vancouver, she thought her furry friend was gone forever. However, earlier this month McCabe received a call she never expected, tell...

WINNIPEG - Members of the indigenous community have expressed concern about a Winnipeg councillor's role as chairman of the city's police board after a comment he made about sensitivity training on re...

EDMONTON - A runaway cat from Saskatchewan that jumped a westbound CN freight train to Alberta has been reunited with its owner. Lynnette Hahn of Melville says she was wondering if Tiger would recogni...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Dec. 16 BC CORONER ISSUES WARNING TO DRUG USERS: The British Columbia coroners’ service has issued an urgent warning to illicit drug users after an unpr...

HALIFAX - Schools of dead herring keep washing ashore along the rocky beaches of western Nova Scotia, prompting a retired scientist to enlist the help of local naturalists and bird watchers as he cont...

OTTAWA - It was the final week of Parliament before Christmas, and all through the House.... the Liberals did their best to make sure no one had any time to think about ethics or fundraising before he...

MONCTON, N.B. - An announcement Friday begins the final phase of a restoration plan for New Brunswick’s Petitcodiac River. Here’s a timeline of the river’s last 50 years: 1966 - Cons...

VANCOUVER - An urgent warning has been sent out to illicit drug users in British Columbia after 11 people died in the province on Thursday alone, six of them in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Th...