Category Archives: Canada

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...

TORONTO - A disabled Toronto man is considering legal action against Air Canada after the airline said it was unable to fly him to a U.S. city because the aircraft couldn’t accommodate his motor...

OTTAWA - Canada Revenue Agency workers are no longer the lone holdout against a federal government move to strip voluntary severance pay from civil servants. The federal tax collection agency and its ...

MONTREAL - The theft of $150,000 worth of maple syrup from a Montreal trucking business has made Alfredo Monaco realize what a “hot commodity” the product is. The robbery was sophisticated...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Peter Russell has some rocks on his desk from the beach in tiny Ship Harbour, N.L. - the unlikely site of a secretive summit 75 years ago that helped shape the course and afte...

OTTAWA - The delays plaguing the justice system have become a crisis that could result in the release of thousands of criminals, say the senators behind a new report that explores how long it takes fo...

DETROIT - Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 337,000 vehicles for a third time, of which 21,722 were sold in Canada. The recall involves the Toyota RAV4 SUV from the 2006-2011 model years and the Lexus H...

HALIFAX - In a bone-dry province bedevilled with wildfires, the Seven Mile Lake blaze is distinct: About 395 hectares, and out of control for more than a week near one of Nova Scotia’s crown jew...

Public health officials in four provinces are trying to track an outbreak of the intestinal illness cyclosporiasis. A total of 51 cases of locally-acquired Cyclospora have been reported across Canada ...