Category Archives: Canada

WINNIPEG - The wife of a man who died after suffering an epileptic seizure while in custody at the Winnipeg Remand Centre says facility staff denied her husband his epilepsy medication in the days lea...

CALGARY - The appeal of both the conviction and sentence given to parents who failed to get proper medical treatment for their son before he died of bacterial meningitis could take years, say legal ex...

TORONTO - A ticket purchased in British Columbia claimed Saturday night’s $21 million Lotto 649 jackpot. The guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a ticket sold in the Prairies. The jackpot for...

VICTORIA - Andrew Meyer says he’s chasing the future as he travels the world competing in drone racing events in what is one of the world’s newest competitions. The 26-year-old university ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh - A University Toronto student detained in connection with a terrorist attack in Bangladesh will reportedly remain in custody for at least another week. A number of media outlets hav...

RIO DE JANEIRO - It didn’t take long for Canada to match its track and field medal total from the London Olympics. Brianne Theisen-Eaton put a tough first day of the heptathlon behind her and fo...

MONTREAL - The jurors deciding the fate of the man charged in Quebec’s 2012 election-night shooting ended their first day of deliberations on without returning a verdict. Richard Henry Bain, 65,...

PORTLAND, Maine - Sweden is digging in on a proposal to ban imports of live lobsters into the European Union after a rebuke from American scientists, and the issue could go all the way to the World Tr...

NEWCOMB, N.Y. - The 400-mile trek of a radio-collared moose named Alice is the inspiration for a proposed hiking trail from Ontario’s forested Algonquin Park to the heart of New York’s Adi...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rosie MacLennan’s historic defence of her Olympic trampoline title highlighted a three-medal day for Canada on Friday at the Rio Games. MacLennan delivered an impressive mix of ...