Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $15 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Nov. 25 will grow to approximately $21 million. The...

YELLOWKNIFE - RCMP have arrested and charged a teen in Yellowknife in a fake terrorist threat. Mounties say the criminal charge resulted from an investigation by Alberta RCMP K Division that began on ...

WHITEHORSE - A Canadian jewelry designer discovered the impact a royal endorsement could have for her business after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s visit to Yukon. While Prince William and ...

OTTAWA - National Defence says it does not appear any personal data was stolen when the military’s recruiting website was attacked this week, though it wouldn’t say when the site will be f...

OTTAWA - A Liberal MP has been taken to task by the Vancouver airport and port authorities for suggesting their facilities are at risk of catastrophic flooding. Adam Vaughan made the suggestion in an ...

TORONTO - The prosecution has decided to appeal a stay of proceedings against an Ottawa man charged with first-degree murder. Superior Court Justice Julianne Parfett ordered the stay against Adam Pica...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Nov. 18 --- CALLS FOR FEDS TO DECLARE EMERGENCY DUE TO OPIOIDS: Those on the front-line in Canada’s opioid crisis are calling on the federal government ...

VANCOUVER - A Canadian Press story on Thursday based on information provided by the Saskatchewan government said that the province had 18 opioid overdoses in the first nine months of this year and 86 ...

CALGARY - A Calgary man has been banned from hunting anywhere in the world for a year and fined thousands of dollars for illegally importing the carcass of an Alaskan brown bear. Environment Canada sa...

OTTAWA - Health professionals from across Canada are gathered in Ottawa to discuss a growing, urgent health crisis - opioid addiction, overdose and death. Here is a by-the-numbers look: Six or seven -...