Category Archives: Canada

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A once-thriving caribou herd in Labrador that exceeded 800,000 animals in the 1990s is on the verge of collapse, with fewer than 9,000 remaining, biologists say. The Newfoundl...

BRUDERHEIM, Alta. - It’s meant to cut down on teenage mischief after dark, but some residents and young people in an Edmonton-area town question whether a new kid curfew will make much differenc...

VANCOUVER - Many of the immigrant support groups that leapt into overdrive less than a year ago to welcome the first influx of Syrian refugee families say the intensity of that experience has helped l...

EDMONTON - Alberta has promised to increase environmental monitoring of the in-situ oilsands industry following research that shows such plants can release contaminants into the land and water. “...

CALGARY - Canada’s mortgage insurance agency is reporting a 52 per cent increase in the number of insured home loans in arrears in Alberta, as low oil prices weaken the provincial economy. Canad...

Toronto FC says a sexually explicit sign posted by fans at BMO Field during the team’s 1-0 loss to the Montreal Impact on Saturday is “an embarrassment” to the club and its supporter...

WINNIPEG - A pathologist who examined the remains of six infants found in a Winnipeg storage locker says some were so decomposed, they were just bones. But Raymond Rivera told court most appeared to b...

CALGARY - Six people accused in a corruption case that involves current and former members of the Calgary Police Service are next to appear in court on Sept. 9. When charges were announced in June, po...

OTTAWA - Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers agreed late Monday to extend a mediation effort aimed at resolving their labour dispute by another 24 hours. Both Canada Post and CUPW sai...

A woman who lost her job at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport because of her family’s alleged links to organized crime could have her security clearance restored after a federal judg...