Category Archives: Canada

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - An apparent meteor blazed across the sky over St. John’s harbour Monday night as social media buzzed with jokes that maybe aliens had landed. Garry Dymond with the Royal...

TORONTO - Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman wanted to pay tribute to Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie after learning of his death last week. And so the directors of Choir! Choir! Choir!, a Toronto-ba...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil has announced more than $6.5 million in funding for ocean research projects. The nine projects are the first to receive funding from the $25 million Resear...

JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. - Police in Florida say an 82-year-old Ontario man has been charged with stalking and attempting to lure a young child. Sgt. Shane Tipton, with the Jackson County Sheriff’s ...

MONTREAL - Hydro-Quebec says it took three hours to completely restore power Tuesday after a massive outage that affected more than a quarter of a million clients in Montreal. The outage was blamed on...

SAN FRANCISCO - American aviation officials are investigating after an Air Canada flight from Montreal landed on a San Francisco runway after being told not to. Federal Aviation Administration spokesm...

TORONTO - Hudson’s Bay Co. (TSX:HBC) has struck a $1.6 billion deal that will see it sell its flagship Lord & Taylor property and lease out office space in some of its other high-profile loc...

Yet another North Atlantic right whale carcass has been discovered, the sixteenth confirmed death of the endangered species this year. The International Fund for Animal Welfare said Tuesday the carcas...

OTTAWA - Just hours before Bombardier Inc. was to unveil a dramatic plan to escape its latest crisis, Jerry Dias was summoned to Montreal to meet with Alain Bellemare, the beleaguered firm’s chi...

Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 24 --- FISCAL UPDATE TO BOOST CHILD-POVERTY SPENDING The Trudeau government is expected to announce more money for children and the working poor, along with s...