Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - When Jeff and Jen Malcolm watch the Tragically Hip’s big show in Kingston, Ont., on Saturday, it will be more than just a concert. The evening, expected to be tinged with sadness and c...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is looking at making counter-radicalization counselling mandatory for people under anti-terrorism peace bonds, the public safety minister says. Ralph Goodale floated th...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Two Texas men who tried to bring hidden guns along on separate Canadian vacations last weekend have lost their guns, been fined and sent home. The men, both retirees in their 50s fr...

ALEXANDRIA, Ont. - Police have charged an eastern Ontario man after he allegedly kicked and threw rocks at a visually impaired woman’s service dog. Ontario Provincial Police say the incident beg...

OTTAWA: The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says they are trying to avoid another strike vote, as contract talks with Canada Post remain stalled. CUPW president Mike Palecek says he’s worried t...

VANCOUVER - A study by the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is calling for more doctors across Canada to be formally trained to diagnose and treat patients addicted to drugs. Dr. Eva...

ALBANY, N.Y. - The second-oldest confirmed shipwreck in the Great Lakes, an American-built, Canadian-owned sloop that sank in Lake Ontario more than 200 years ago, has been found, a team of underwater...

BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - The “large-scale” case of six teenaged boys accused of keeping intimate photos on a Dropbox account will be an early test of a law designed to combat the unwanted onlin...

Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press: ____ TEENS IN NOVA SCOTIA COURT TO FACE CHARGES UNDER NEW LAW Six teenaged boys are expected in a Nova Scotia court today to face the first charg...

TORONTO - The death of Liberal MP Mauril Belanger has shone a spotlight on one of humanity’s most devastating diseases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. While the prognosis for those who develop A...