Category Archives: Canada
'I am done': Amid rider woes, is Ottawa's transit system a victim of its own success?
OTTAWA - It didn't feel like the glory days at the time, climbing onto a crowded bus and pushing into the crush of bodies, riders sweating into their wool coats and parkas. But despite the cramped rid...
Jan 01, 2024
Ashes of Vancouver Star Trek fan set to go to space alongside famous stars
VANCOUVER - Gloria Knowlan never dreamt of boldly going where no one had gone before and was content to leave the journey to the "Star Trek" actors she came to love, but 12 years after her death, her ...
Jan 01, 2024
Canadians across country expected to celebrate New Year's Day with polar bear swim
Hundreds of Canadians are planning to put the old year on ice by ushering 2024 in with a polar bear swim, though perhaps in smaller numbers than in New Years Days past. The tradition of swimming in la...
Jan 01, 2024
Quebec City looks to Finland's successful approach to ending homelessness
QUEBEC - As Quebec faces a worsening homelessness crisis, some politicians, including Quebec City Mayor Bruno Marchand, have suggested the solution may be a Finnish model that aims to give everyone a ...
Dec 31, 2023
Senior military leader: Canadians 'overly comfortable' as global security shifts
OTTAWA - The Canadian Joint Operations Command had an exceptionally busy year in 2023, evacuating Canadians from two countries and deploying troops to areas devastated by wildfires, floods and disaste...
Dec 31, 2023
Drag performer slur perpetuates myths, Ont. judge rules, defamation suit advances
A lawyer for a drag performer says a recent Ontario court ruling signals people using dangerous anti-LGBTQ slurs can't hide behind certain free speech protections to shield themselves from legal accou...
Dec 31, 2023
While some Montreal streets boom, downtown is dotted with vacant storefronts
MONTREAL - Wellington Street in Montreal's Verdun borough is booming, with cheerful shop facades lining a district bustling with pedestrians. With a commercial vacancy rate the local business associat...
Dec 31, 2023
Canada's heated political conflict over carbon pricing will continue into 2024
OTTAWA - Canada's price on pollution is supposed to help battle global warming, but as it nears its fifth anniversary, nothing in Canadian politics is hotter. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has ...
Dec 31, 2023
Year in review: A look at news events in December 2023
A look at news events in December 2023: 1 - Israel's war with Hamas resumes in full force with the renewed hostilities highlighting concerns for about 140 hostages still held captive by Hamas and othe...
Dec 31, 2023
Year in review: A look at news events in November 2023
A look at news events in November 2023: 1 - The Ottawa Senators fire general manager Pierre Dorion. The team announces that hockey operations president Steve Staios will take over the job on an interi...
Dec 31, 2023
