Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - Canada’s East Coast is in the crosshairs of an intense winter storm, with forecasters warning the system could be stronger than a Christmas Day blast that left more than 150,000 custom...

CALGARY - A British Columbia social worker says she won’t abandon her fight for a national alert system to prevent at-risk children from disappearing when their families unexpectedly relocate to...

MONTREAL - The first ocean-going ship of the year has arrived in Montreal. The container ship flying the flag of Bermuda left Liverpool, England on Dec. 21 and docked in Montreal late Monday afternoon...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A woman says her public housing unit in New Brunswick no longer feels like home after her daughter, sister and their caretaker were released from hospital having suffered carbon mon...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s carbon tax jumped on New Year’s Day, but the province’s NDP government maintains the tax played a vital role in Alberta’s improving economic outlook. Deput...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government should create a new watchdog to handle public complaints about the Canada Border Services Agency, says a federally commissioned report. The report, prepared for Public ...

The first Canadian babies to be born in 2018 didn’t wait long before making an appearance, as two Toronto hospitals reported delivering newborns right at the stroke of midnight. Both St. Michael...

VANCOUVER - A Canadian pilot was killed in Australia on New Year’s Eve in a seaplane crash that also claimed the lives of a prominent British businessman and his family. Tour company Sydney Seap...

MONTPELIER, Vt. - Some entrepreneurs hoping to provide renewable energy to Massachusetts electricity customers are touting their projects in the run-up to the decision, expected in late January, about...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - About 1,100 customers were still without power late Monday as crews worked to restore electricity after ice storms swept through British Columbia’s Fraser Valley. For some B.C...