Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - National Defence and Parliament’s budget watchdog have been quietly battling over access to key information about the government’s multi-billion-dollar plan to buy the navy new wa...

VANCOUVER - Watching an addict fill a syringe with puddle water, former senior RCMP officer Raf Souccar imagined a radical shift in how Canada could deal with people in the grip of drug addition - by ...

VANCOUVER - A gradual surge in lethal opioid overdoses shows no sign of slowing, and some experts say the worst is yet to come unless governments do more to counteract the deadly crisis. The incursion...

Here are some facts about fentanyl: What is fentanyl? Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid traditionally used for pain management. Fentanyl can’t be seen, smelled or tasted, which makes it di...

BANFF, Alta. - The Alberta Rocky Mountain town of Banff has been given the go-ahead for its affordable housing project, subject to any appeals. The municipal planning commission approved of the town&#...

VANCOUVER - Two skiers who were caught in an avalanche on a West Vancouver mountain were rescued Monday after a frigid overnight stay. North Shore Search and Rescue said a helicopter flew to Cypress M...

VICTORIA - A farmer in northeast British Columbia is still hopeful that he’ll get to stay in his home, despite an announcement by BC Hydro that the company plans to seize the property to make wa...

HALIFAX - It’s 26 seconds of brutality - and lays bare the emerging reality of a growing number of beatings in Canada’s jails. Inmate Dwayne Wright, watching television with his feet up, i...

EDMONTON - This cat may have used up more than one of its nine lives. A Canadian National Railway conductor was checking the engines on his train early Sunday in Wainwright, Alta., when he heard a pat...

TORONTO - An Ontario police officer who claimed he “murdered” two people in separate encounters was cleared of any wrongdoing on Monday, after the province’s police watchdog found he...