Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s justice minister says the province will release its recreational marijuana plans - including minimum age and the retail model - by the end of this year. Mark Furey says h...

TORONTO - Nine people from southern Ontario with alleged ties to organized crime in the United States have been arrested in a major weapons and drug bust, the RCMP announced Thursday. Authorities seiz...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s health minister is sidestepping questions about whether he thinks it’s acceptable that a Cape Breton woman who is halfway through her pregnancy still doesn’t ...

VANCOUVER - A fire that left a woman with serious injuries has raised concerns about safety for homeless people as temperatures dip in British Columbia. Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz said fire crews w...

SASKATOON - Newly published research says two of Canada’s most commonly used pesticides cause migrating songbirds to lose weight and their sense of direction. “This is very good evidence t...

OTTAWA - Disrupting a religious service is likely to remain a crime, since MPs on the House of Commons justice committee have agreed to change a controversial part of proposed legislation aimed at mod...

VANCOUVER - WestJet says a proposed class-action lawsuit that accuses the company of failing to provide a harassment-free workplace for female employees is an abuse of process that should be thrown ou...

GATINEAU, Que. - The country’s telecom regulator says Canadians are demanding more, and faster, Internet access, especially on mobile devices. But critics complain that broadband speeds are not ...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s United Conservatives say they’re concerned the government is using a bill on gay-straight alliances to prepare for kids to be taught sex education without parents bein...

CALGARY - The general manager of the Calgary Poppy Fund and Veterans’ Food Bank says he hopes no one gets in big trouble over poppy-emblazoned doughnuts that were sold at a local Tim Hortons. &#...