Category Archives: Canada

ST. PAUL, Alta. - A girl who was injured four years ago when a minivan plowed into a rural Alberta school, killing one student, has died. An obituary says 15-year-old Maddie Guitard died Wednesday sur...

WINNIPEG - Closing arguments in the trial of a Winnipeg woman charged with hiding the remains of six infants in a storage locker have been delayed. The judge hearing the case of Andrea Giesbrecht agre...

VANCOUVER - Some facts on home sale figures for August released Friday by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, the first month of data available since the B.C. government brought in a tax on fo...

VANCOUVER - Home sales in the Vancouver area tumbled 26 per cent in August compared to the same month last year, as observers say a new tax on foreign buyers accelerated a cooling trend in the market....

TORONTO - The family of a Toronto-area resident who had been detained in Egypt without charge says the man has returned to Canada. Khaled Al-Qazzaz - a permanent resident of Canada and a University of...

TORONTO - The case of a man accused of killing his mother and two of his brothers in a bloody crossbow attack has been put over to Sept. 23. Brett Ryan, 35, is charged with three counts of first-degre...

MONTREAL - Bombardier has received the final instalment of Quebec’s US$1-billion investment in the company’s CSeries commercial jet program. The Montreal-based company announced on June 23...

OTTAWA - Canadian exports picked up in July, raising hopes for a bounce back in the economy after it contracted in the second quarter. Statistics Canada said Friday the country’s trade deficit n...

OTTAWA – Stephan Harper is officially out of politics and the deadline to enter the Conservative leadership race is nearly half a year away. However, the list of potential candidates is still gr...

PARADISE, N.L. - A lucky, but tired dog is back with his family after rescuers plucked him from the side of a sheer cliff where he had been stranded for days. Askim, a black and white pooch, was spott...