Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - Via Rail has joined discussions with the British Columbia government, First Nations and social service agencies to offer rock-bottom fares to “vulnerable” people who can’...

BOSTON - It’s not an easy movie to watch: Hunters clubbing seals to death and bloodying the otherwise pristine ice of the Canadian Arctic. But for the Cape Cod-based International Fund for Anima...

VANCOUVER - Experts say they’re not sure British Columbia’s overdue climate change plan will go far enough in increasing carbon taxes and tightening environmental policies to reach the pro...

TORONTO - Police say RCMP are involved in the probe into a fatal crash involving a plane allegedly stolen from an airport in the Greater Toronto Area. York Regional police says the Mounties are part o...

TORONTO - With one week left before the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ strike mandate expires, a spokesman for the union says negotiating with Canada Post without the mandate is not an option...

OTTAWA - The transportation expenses claimed by Health Minister Jane Philpott are in the spotlight after it was revealed she signed off on a $1,708 bill for a single day’s worth of high-end car ...

TORONTO - With one week left before the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ strike mandate expires, a spokesman for the union says negotiating with Canada Post without the mandate is not an option...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Aug. 18 ___ BRAZILIAN POLICE SAY U.S. SWIMMERS WERE NOT ROBBED: Brazilian police said Thursday that swimmer Ryan Lochte and U.S. teammates were not robbed a...

SHUBENACADIE, N.S. - RCMP say a single-car crash on a Nova Scotia highway led to eight other crashes. It started over the noon hour Thursday, when a 46-year-old man lost control of a Ford Freestyle an...

Kris Chung knew he had to help when he first read about an unspeakable choice facing an Ontario father who could only save the life of one of his two ailing three-year-old twin daughters. Chung was in...