Category Archives: Canada

RIO DE JANEIRO - The Canadian women’s 4×200-metre freestyle relay team won bronze at the Rio Olympics on Wednesday night. Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., B.C.-born Taylor Ruck of Scott...

OTTAWA - A terrorism suspect was killed in a confrontation with police in the southern Ontario town of Strathroy, The Canadian Press has confirmed. The Mounties say they received credible information ...

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A pig with a profile is getting even more attention in Prince George, B.C., as he recovers from a mauling by two neighbourhood dogs. Rex is a miniature pot-bellied pig who entert...

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Aug. 10 ___ RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OFFICE TAINTED BY PERCEPTION IT WAS POLITICAL: An internal review of efforts by the previous Conservative government to promo...

TORONTO - The head of a Canadian mining company sees no harm in a promotional video featuring two women in bikini tops, crop tops and shorts extolling the virtues of the so-called Ring of Fire - sex s...

MONTREAL - CAE’s activities in the Middle East came under scrutiny Wednesday during the flight training and simulation technology company’s annual meeting. The so-called Boycott Divestment...

Quebec City police say a newborn has been delivered safely but that her mother is dead after being struck by a car at a pedestrian crossing. The pregnant woman was in her 20s. Police spokeswoman Marie...

MONTREAL - Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters stood on either side of a line of Montreal police officers and hurled insults at one another Wednesday, blocks away from events taking place at the W...

HALIFAX - An out-of-control wildfire near Kejimkujik National Park has grown yet again, Nova Scotia’s Natural Resources department said Wednesday as crews grappled with challenging weather condi...

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is urging rail companies to be prepared to deal with a larger than average crop this year, but the railways say they have already put plans in place to do the job....