Category Archives: Canada

KILWORTH, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police say a wandering emu has been returned to its owner. The emu was reported to police Tuesday morning by concerned citizens who saw the large flightless bird on...

CALGARY - Feedlot operators in the heart of Canada’s largest cattle-producing region are warning that a municipal tax introduced this past spring will result in more cattle feeders going out of ...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa police are now treating the death of award-winning Inuit artist as suspicious. The body of Ottawa resident Annie Pootoogook, 46, was discovered last week in the Rideau River, off a...

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government will spend up to $1 million to provide free second-language training for unemployed adults. Premier Brian Gallant made the announcement Tuesday, saying many ...

OTTAWA - The government hasn’t done enough to protect the privacy of “law-abiding Canadians” from new information-sharing powers in the omnibus security legislation known as C-51, sa...

HALIFAX - A firefighter has won compensation after enduring abuse and equipment tampering at a Halifax naval base because he is gay. The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal says the unidentifi...

MACHIAS SEAL ISLAND, N.B. - Barely more than a tenth of puffin chicks born on the barren landscape of Machias Seal Island this year survived, and scientists suggest climate change may be to blame. Res...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A former Newfoundland radio station announcer is defending a tweet he sent that said a young woman would get more online viewers if she showed herself stripping rather than pl...

FORT ELLIS, N.S. - A protest organizer says Mi’kmaq and local residents are continuing a sit-in this morning at the entrance of a construction site near proposed natural gas storage caverns in N...

WASHINGTON - Some of the memorable moments from the first U.S. presidential debate featuring Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. --- Beauty queen, ugly words: Clinton confronts her opponent for once cal...