Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - Fire crews are desperately holding back an out-of-control wildfire near Kejimkujik National Park, trying to keep it from growing ahead of hotter, windier weather expected to make the task ev...

HALIFAX - Just seven months after Nova Scotia’s government warned of troubling revenue declines, its finance minister has announced the final deficit number has plummeted $87 million lower than ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador has lost another legal skirmish in its long-running energy feud with Hydro-Quebec. Crown corporation Nalcor Energy said Tuesday it’s translatin...

OTTAWA - Sen. Mike Duffy says the Senate has approved his latest housing expenses. The latest round of quarterly expense reports show Duffy claimed $1,691.59 for living expenses, although there is no ...

OTTAWA - A new course being taught this fall at the University of Ottawa is an indication that attitudes toward animal rights are changing, say activists, a trend that one Liberal MP hopes will pave t...

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - A Toronto-area elementary school teacher has been suspended after at least one advocacy group alleged she participated in an anti-Israel protest. The Dufferin-Peel Catholic Distric...

ENFIELD, N.S. - Darryl Pottie planted a plywood sign outside his Enfield, N.S., home early last month with a plea: “Sid please sign my jersey.” Two-time Stanley Cup winner Sidney Crosby wa...

WINNIPEG - From cucumbers to onions to leeks, produce is being stolen in some parts of Manitoba this summer, and there are concerns the thieves may be getting more organized. While rural farmers and c...

ENFIELD, N.S. - Darryl Pottie planted a plywood sign outside his Enfield, N.S., home early last month with a plea: “Sid please sign my jersey.” Two-time Stanley Cup winner Sidney Crosby wa...

MONTREAL - Pork and poultry companies Olymel and Groupe Robitaille announced Tuesday a joint investment of $80 million in a production and processing facility that is expected to create 350 new jobs i...