Category Archives: Canada

Vancouver police say they are putting an end to an open-air marijuana market that sprung up and grew in a busy downtown plaza, fuelling concern among residents. Police and city officials have said the...

PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - A spectacular explosion and fire, fuelled by ethanol, has been allowed to burn out in Port Coquitlam, B.C. Residents were forced from the neighbourhood, a local mall was evacuat...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island’s premier has come out against a Nova Scotia pulp mill’s plan to pump effluent into the Northumberland Strait. Wade MacLauchlan has voiced his disappro...

WINNIPEG - The daughter of a Winnipeg couple killed in Jamaica says she is facing several challenges as she works to bring their bodies back to Canada. Debbie Olfert says she is waiting on a signature...

TORONTO - While Ontario landlords are looking to ban marijuana use in their rental units and several municipalities don’t want legal cannabis stores in their neighbourhoods, experts and a U.S. s...

CALGARY - The International Olympic Committee believes Calgary’s Saddledome can host hockey and figure skating in 2026. Kyle Ripley, the city’s recreation director who is also director of ...

MONTREAL - The signing of a sprawling new trade pact involving two North American countries has revealed a rift in philosophy with the continent’s superpower and raised the question of whether t...

MONTREAL - Quebec telecom and media magnate Pierre Karl Peladeau renewed speculation Tuesday he is considering a return to politics. His abrupt departure in May 2016 as head of the Parti Quebecois was...

CALGARY - A man who says he was sexually assaulted by a former longtime employee of a young people’s performance group testified Tuesday that Philip Heerema was like the CEO of the troupe and th...

WARMAN, Sask. - A man who dresses up as the Incredible Hulk at Saskatchewan Rush lacrosse games says he’s been banned from this weekend’s game in Calgary against the Roughnecks. Known as R...