Category Archives: Canada

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau didn’t shy away from raising controversial topics - including abortion and the rights of LGBTQ people - as he spoke at the opening ceremo...

VANCOUVER - Sad news from the Vancouver Aquarium - the beluga whale name Aurora has died. The Aquarium released a statement late Friday night that said Aurora was surrounded by people who loved her wh...

HAVANA – Castro’s revolution was slowly dying - or so it seemed. Communism had collapsed in Europe, and Cuba’s Soviet lifeline was severed. Food was in short supply. Power outages si...

HAVANA - Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at ag...

VANCOUVER - A sick beluga whale at the Vancouver Aquarium is showing signs of recovery after treatment that targeted her gastrointestinal tract. The aquarium says it used a new strategy to care for Au...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - A 36-year-old man from Armenia was arrested after Aeroflot Russian flight SU 0107 made an emergency landing at the airport in Iqaluit, Nunavut. RCMP say the plane was travelling fro...

MISSION, B.C. - A charge has been laid against a man who was a school principal after a confrontation with a vigilante group at a shopping mall in Abbotsford, B.C. Const. Ian MacDonald of Abbotsford p...

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - The Royal Canadian Navy says an unidentified object found off British Columbia’s north coast is not a lost bomb. The navy says a remotely operated vehicle was deployed earl...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Nov. 25 --- TRUDEAU IN MADAGASCAR FOR LA FRANCOPHONIE MEETING: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Antananarivo, the capital city of the island natio...

OTTAWA - Faster aid mechanisms are needed for farmers dealing with livestock emergencies, the federal Conservatives and a cattle rancher’s organization said Friday amid an escalating bovine tube...