Category Archives: Canada

Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- TRUDEAU ARRIVES IN BEIJING FOR OFFICIAL VISIT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Beijing for an official visit that will focus on st...

TORONTO - A rare court hearing for a mentally ill Jamaican man who’s been in prison for five years without charge began Tuesday as activists called on the Liberal government to overhaul an immig...

REGINA - Stray pit bulls are getting a new leash on life in Saskatchewan as Montreal moves to join other cities that have banned the breed. So far five pit bulls have been brought to the prairie provi...

VANCOUVER - The family of an elderly husband and wife in British Columbia who were forced to live in separate care homes say the health authority overseeing the couples’ care is moving forward w...

VANCOUVER - It took 100-year-old Indian runner Man Kaur almost a minute and a half to complete the 100-metre race, but she never broke her stride. And when she crossed the finish line Monday at the Am...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Aug. 29 ___ TRUDEAU EMBARKS ON OFFICIAL TRIP TO CHINA: More than four decades after his father first began paving the way in the 1970s, Prime Minister Justin ...

TORONTO - It’s been known for years that taking folic acid before and during pregnancy can prevent neural tube defects like spina bifida in newborns. But research suggests the B vitamin also app...

BOSTON - The New England governors and Eastern Canadian premiers praised their working relationship Monday as they wrapped up an annual meeting in Boston that they described as a continuation of talks...

MONTREAL - A Quebec mother says she was shocked that two Grade 3 teachers were wearing aboriginal headdresses and handing them out to students on the first day of classes Monday. Jennifer Dorner said ...

CALGARY - Sheldon Kennedy says being sexually abused for years by his junior hockey coach Graham James turned him from a “goofy, slightly mixed-up kid” who dreamed of the future into littl...