Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - Police officers are donning hazmat suits as they respond to Halifax crime scenes where deadly opioids are suspected, in what’s described as an early sign of fentanyl’s spread int...

HALIFAX - An apparent debate over the cost of Nova Scotia’s annual Christmas tree gift to Boston has made it to the front page of one of the most-read papers in the United States. The tale of th...

HALIFAX - The certification of a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of passengers aboard an Air Canada jet that crashed at the Halifax airport in 2015 was challenged in court Monday by federal lawye...

WINNIPEG - The chief of an isolated reserve struggled to describe his emotions Monday after the federal government said it would spend up to an additional $10 million to make sure an all-weather road ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador’s finance minister says she has faced body shaming, death threats and suggestions that she kill herself, becoming the latest woman in Canadian ...

HALIFAX - A winter storm system is expected to blanket much of Atlantic Canada with more than 15 centimetres of snow today, leading to school closures and some travel delays at the region’s airp...

SHEDIAC, N.B. - A 225-kilogram female moose was trapped in an icy river for hours on the weekend before axe-wielding New Brunswick firefighters were able to rescue it. The Shediac fire department got ...

TORONTO - A human rights case between an Ontario university and a sexually assaulted student has been settled, with the Toronto-area institution promising Monday to provide specialized counselling to ...

Here are some examples of recent beatings in Canadian jails: Sept. 9, 2016 - Alvin Clifford Chiniquay, 40, beaten at Calgary Remand Centre, dies later in hospital. Thirty-two-year old inmate charged w...

TORONTO - It was a tale of two Ryans during Monday’s Golden Globe nominations announcement, with Canadians Ryan Gosling and Ryan Reynolds both making the cut in the same category. Gosling of Lon...