Category Archives: Canada
Food costs are spiralling. These Canadians are turning to food banks for help.
TORONTO - Sticker shock hit hard when single mom Kristina Kennedy saw the sausages she usually buys were $1.50 more than expected. As the sole caregiver to four children, the 40-year-old says price hi...
Oct 27, 2025
Bank of Canada expected to cut key rate despite mixed inflation, jobs data
OTTAWA - Most economists expect the Bank of Canada will look past strong jobs data and signs of stubbornness on the inflation front to deliver a second consecutive interest rate cut this week. BMO chi...
Oct 27, 2025
'Shocking' data shows more treatment needed for youth with opioid use disorder: doctors
TORONTO - An editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday says more youth are using opioids and calls for urgent action to provide treatment when they become addicted. "Th...
Oct 26, 2025
Canadian War Museum's chief historian, Tim Cook, dies
OTTAWA - The Canadian War Museum says its chief historian and research director has died. The museum's CEO announced the death in a news release Sunday, saying Tim Cook was "instrumental in shaping th...
Oct 26, 2025
Was that Colonel Sanders behind home plate at the Blue Jays game?
No, your eyes weren't deceiving you, Jays fans. That was Colonel Sanders behind the plate. A man looking very much like founder of KFC, right down the white suit, hair, mustache and Van Dyke beard, wa...
Oct 26, 2025
Residents say Port of Montreal expansion in Contrecoeur unnecessary, harmful
MONTREAL - Dozens of residents of a town northeast of Montreal where the Port of Montreal wants to expand capacity at a container facility say the project is unnecessary and harmful. Residents demonst...
Oct 26, 2025
B.C. public service union announces tentative deal to end strike after 8 weeks
BURNABY - The B.C. General Employees' Union says it will recommend that its members vote to accept a tentative deal reached with the provincial government to bring an end to strike action. The union s...
Oct 26, 2025
Quebecers have a chance to cast an early ballot ahead of Nov. 2 municipal election
MONTREAL - Advance polls are open across 1,100 Quebec municipalities, just one week shy of the provincewide Nov. 2 vote. Polls will be open today between noon and 8 p.m., but many citizens have not re...
Oct 26, 2025
NDP leadership candidates working on French ahead of first debate in Montreal
OTTAWA - The NDP leadership contenders are working on their French language skills as they prepare to meet for their first debate on Nov. 27 in Montreal, expected to be held primarily in French. The o...
Oct 26, 2025
Blue Jays fans show off classic Canadian kindness to opposing teams
TORONTO - A viral Reddit thread has prompted over 150 Blue Jays fans to donate to the Seattle Children's Hospital. In a comment from Oct. 20, Reddit user @brownmagician posted that they would make a d...
Oct 26, 2025
