Category Archives: Canada

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Aug. 12 ___ CANADA STRIKES GOLD IN RIO: Canada has had back-to-back golden days at the Rio Olympics. Rosie MacLennan won the gold in women’s individual ...

MONTREAL - Canada’s largest cellphone providers are reviewing a Quebec Court of Appeal ruling that authorized a class-action lawsuit against them in the province over international roaming fees....

TORONTO - Canada’s public health agency has confirmed the country’s first case of Zika-related defects in a fetus. A spokeswoman for the Public Health Agency of Canada said on Friday that ...

COLD LAKE, Alta. - The father of a terrorist sympathizer who died in a confrontation with RCMP Wednesday says Aaron Driver was a troubled child, but appeared to have turned his life around after conve...

OTTAWA - Thousands of Canadians have applied to be on the prime minister’s youth advisory council. Here are some facts and figures about the applicants and young voters. 9,929: Canadians who hav...

OTTAWA - Newly released figures show that more than 9,000 young Canadians have applied to sit on a youth advisory board that will meet regularly with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. As of Friday mornin...

OTTAWA - The federal government is appealing a judge’s decision to strike down a national security certificate against Mahmoud Jaballah, saying she made mistakes in concluding there was no credi...

TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey man who blackmailed a Canadian girl to strip naked online is going to prison. A judge on Friday sentenced 32-year-old Michael Van Culin of Upper Pittsgrove Township to 10 ...

QUALICUM BEACH, B.C. - Two communities in British Columbia have been selected to test drive a new plan to allow modified golf carts on certain local roads. Starting in September, Qualicum Beach on Van...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Canada’s Rosie MacLennan has won gold in women’s trampoline at the Rio Olympics. Britain’s Bryony Page (56.040) took silver and China’s Li Dan followed MacLenn...