Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - A commonly held belief about the route taken by the first humans to arrive in North America may be turned on its ear after an international study released this week. It is thought that the m...

FREDERICTON - Maureen Noble can’t quite recall exactly how many cars have hit her house - she didn’t start counting until about 25 years ago. “At least six since the early ’90s...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba plans to spend up to $9 million to support the construction of a new marine observatory in the northern community of Churchill. Education Minister Ian Wishart says the University o...

It’s a tale of two summers this year in Canada, with rain - and the lack of it - causing concerns about the state of the country’s crops. In Ontario, officials are forecasting a strong fru...

VICTORIA - An Amnesty International report calling for work to stop on British Columbia’s $8.8 billion Site C hydroelectric dam will not affect construction on the project, says the Crown corpor...

OTTAWA - Officials warned the government late last year that without a significant boost in repair funds, aging and crumbling federal buildings could soon become unfit for workers and jeopardize healt...

CALGARY - The wife and children of a Calgary imam jailed in Turkey have been able to safely leave the country, Davud Hanci’s sister-in-law said Tuesday. After Hanci was arrested last month for a...

MONTREAL - One person died and six others were injured Tuesday after a tanker truck carrying what authorities said were hazardous materials crashed on a highway in Montreal and erupted in flames. Prov...

OTTAWA - Facing dismal economic data at home, Canada’s finance minister is pointing out that the global growth outlook has been downgraded about seven times since the federal Liberals took offic...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is expected to reinvest in a world-class freshwater research station in northwestern Ontario that was once in danger of shutting down. The announcement - expected to in...