Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - TD Bank is predicting the federal government’s deficit this fiscal year will be about $5 billion higher than Ottawa predicted in its March budget due to the sluggish economy. The bank ...

PICTOU, N.S. - A former Nova Scotia teacher who sexually abused two teenage male students issued a public apology Thursday, saying her deceitful actions betrayed their trust and caused pain and trauma...

WEBSTERS CORNER, P.E.I. - The RCMP want to know who stole the quahogs. Mounties in Prince Edward Island say as many as 40 bags of the hard-shelled clams were reported stolen in Websters Corner, about ...

TORONTO - Professional sports teams have successfully changed their names before and there’s no reason that baseball’s controversial Cleveland Indians couldn’t pull it off, say exper...

OTTAWA - The global expert who heads the Trudeau government’s economic advisory council has offered a glimpse into the group’s brainstorming sessions on how best to lift Canada’s dro...

GUELPH, Ont. - Police say paramedics in Guelph, Ont., were allegedly assaulted by a woman armed with a bucket of vomit. They allege a 22-year-old woman become upset with the paramedic crew and threw a...

TRENTON, N.S. - A Nova Scotia hockey player badly injured during a rough game has brain bleeds and swelling and won’t be able to return to university until the new year, his team says. Luke Spic...

REGINA - Saskatchewan’s child advocate says a 2 1/2-month old boy who died while under the watch of a First Nations care agency needed more protection. Bob Pringle says there were significant co...

OTTAWA - The long-suffering agencies that look after animal welfare in Canada say they are being kept cooped up by a lack of government support - forcing individual donors to take up the slack. A new ...

NORTH BAY, Ont. - A northern Ontario police force is serving notice to people dressing up as creepy clowns. North Bay police say while dressing as a clown isn’t illegal, officers can charge a pe...