Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Who is the Aga Khan? A quick primer: - Prince Karim Aga Khan IV is the 49th hereditary heir and spiritual leader of the world’s 15 million Ismaili Muslims. - He heads up the Aga Khan De...

OTTAWA - If only Justin Trudeau had bumped into Earl Deveaux at the airport in the Bahamas - he might have been able to save himself a chopper-load of political grief. After all, Deveaux - formerly th...

VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark will still be in a conflict of interest even though she’s rejected her party’s annual stipend, suggests a group that’s been critical of political fun...

Toronto Public Health says norovirus may be the cause of an outbreak that has affected more than 200 students at a city college, but the agency is waiting for laboratory confirmation. Dr. Michael Fink...

MONTREAL - A spate of recent Montreal-area arsons linked to organized crime suggests the battle for Mafia leadership in Quebec remains fractured, experts say. What is likely, they say, is the era that...

EDMONTON - A union in Alberta has negotiated domestic violence leave for members who work at a long-term care facility. The United Steelworkers says the agreement means Rivercrest Care Centre workers ...

Programs to help people adapt to climate change in a part of Canada where help may be needed the most are stuck in the ice, a study has concluded. For more than a decade Inuit in Nunavut have been say...

TORONTO - Focus will be the name of the game when James Olberg dons his chef’s whites for the biggest competition of his life. He’s been fixated for months on gruelling preparations for th...

CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his federal Liberal government will confront the reality of Donald Trump in the White House as his cabinet members gathered Sunday for a three-day retreat t...

VANCOUVER - Natalie Harris was afraid to fall asleep. As a young paramedic in Barrie, Ont., Harris went to bed dreading her next nightmare. Nearly every night, she says she bolted upright screaming an...