Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - David Suzuki, one of the leading voices on environmental issues over the past half century, says he has embarked on the “last great fight” of his life. The ultimate goal of the 8...

Award-winning stage and screen actress Janet Wright, the frank-talking and resilient comedy star best known for her portrayal of the long-suffering matriarch on “Corner Gas,” died Monday i...

OTTAWA - Canada is pressing ahead with plans to deploy hundreds of troops as part of a NATO effort to deter Russian aggression in eastern Europe amid concerns about the military alliance’s futur...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau’s arrival Tuesday in Cuba - the first official visit by a Canadian prime minister in almost two decades - is the first step in the Liberal government’s week-long bi...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are banking on landing cash from domestic and foreign investors to finance their vaunted infrastructure plan. Monday was the government’s big chance to woo private ...

HALIFAX - A young Halifax mother has been jailed 30 months on pimping-related charges involving two girls aged 14 and 15. Tashlynn Shaw admitted driving the girls to meet clients, booking hotels for t...

HALIFAX - More than 2,100 Nova Scotians have been given big-dose prescriptions of highly addictive painkillers this year, and addictions experts say the “disturbing” number demands the pro...

EDMONTON - The election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president shouldn’t affect Alberta’s efforts to combat climate change, the province’s environment minister said Monday. Trump...

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man accused of posting extremist Muslim propaganda online told police officers he doesn’t see a problem with his comments inspiring someone to shoot a Canadian sol...

CALGARY - The Jamaican bobsled team has a reliable set of wheels to get to its next race. The team’s van broke down in Calgary on the weekend on the way to a race at Canada Olympic Park. The ath...