Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - Researchers studying the activity of whales off British Columbia’s coast have had an unusual and “surreal” encounter with a sperm whale. Jared Towers is part of a Fisheri...

TORONTO - As the contenders to lead Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives prepare to face off in public for the first time, experts say Thursday’s debate brings a crucial opportunity for can...

OTTAWA - Excerpts from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s speech Wednesday on his Liberal government’s plans for a new legislative framework for relations with Indigenous people: ___ “I...

TORONTO - “Game of Thrones” fans may have shed few tears over the poisoning death of King Joffrey I Baratheon, a nasty character if ever there was one. But could real-world medicine have s...

MONTREAL - Quebec’s cannabis reserve will contain at least 62 tonnes of product in the first year of recreational marijuana legalization, the province’s liquor board said Wednesday after i...

OTTAWA - Natalie Charles has almost completed her goal of becoming a paralegal, but she wants to do her job placement in a government office. The 39-year-old mother of two says a pardon from an almost...

Canadian rockers Hedley released a statement Wednesday calling recent allegations of sexual misconduct “unsubstantiated.” The band’s statement addressed claims of sexual behaviour in...

TORONTO - The Junos have dropped Hedley from the televised awards bash as the rockers face allegations of sexual misconduct that they call “unsubstantiated.” Organizers of the annual music...

HALIFAX - His friends and family call him a nice, generous guy with a big heart. But when police raided the rural property of a Halifax-area tradesman, they found an arsenal - and more. Fifteen guns w...

PINCHER CREEK, Alta. - A 10-year-old girl has died after striking a pole while she was on a school ski trip in southwestern Alberta. The Grade 6 student at Canyon Elementary School in Pincher Creek wa...