Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Raymond Brisebois’s 16-year-old daughter was struck and killed by a train in 2012 but he was never able to tell her one last time he loved her because he kept putting off the phone ca...

VANCOUVER - The transformation of Vancouver’s Chinatown, fuelled by a changing population, crisis of affordability and ripe potential for new development, has left some locals calling it either ...

No winning ticket was sold for the $34.3 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Aug. 26 will grow to approximately $46 million. The Canadian Press

KINGSTON, Ont. - On Saturday, the eastern Ontario city of Kingston was Hip-town. Hordes of music fans gathered in the hometown of the Tragically Hip for the final stop of their “Man Machine Poem...

SAO PAOLO, Brazil - Canada’s men’s 4×100-metre relay team has claimed the bronze medal at the Rio Olympics. It’s the third medal of the Games for Canadian sprinter Andre De Gras...

BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A judge has granted bail to a Saskatchewan farmer charged with the shooting death of an aboriginal man on his property. The decision, which was released as the court was closing Fr...

JUNEAU, Alaska - State tribal groups have met with U.S. officials to discuss concerns that Canadian mining projects could divert potentially toxic water to southeast Alaska watersheds. The Central Cou...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg couple is bringing joy to the lives of refugee children with bicycles. Gilles and Huguette Remillard have donated more than 100 bikes through the Immigration and Refugee Communit...

RICHMOND, B.C. - Here are the highlights of B.C.’s Climate Leadership Plan released Friday. Under the plan, the provincial government will: - Develop a strategy to reduce methane emissions. - In...

Quebec Transport Minister Jacques Daoust quit politics on Friday just hours after Premier Philippe Couillard indicated he no longer had full confidence in the minister. Daoust, 68, had faced mounting ...