Category Archives: Canada

ROSEAU, Dominica - A storm-ravaged Caribbean island caught in the eye of hurricane Maria’s ferocious winds and torrential rains has suffered “near total devastation,” the captain of ...

MIRAMICHI, N.B. - Two fellow inmates have pleaded guilty to assaulting Dennis Oland while he was receiving visitors in a New Brunswick prison last summer, as the Crown revealed for the first time the ...

VANCOUVER - The amount of public money parties would receive under British Columbia’s new campaign finance rules before the next provincial election is virtually identical to the amount politica...

TORONTO - Kids and teens should not drink sports or energy drinks, the Canadian Paediatric Society says in a new position released Tuesday that takes a stand against the sugary beverages. Dr. Catherin...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is trying to impose a rigid and outdated taxi model on Uber’s flexible way of doing business and if nothing changes, the ride-hailing company will disappear from...

HALIFAX - Canadians appear to have an appetite for marijuana-infused munchies, according to a new survey that found a healthy majority both supported the legalization of recreational pot use but had c...

Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Sept. 26 --- LABOUR STANDARDS TAKE SPOTLIGHT AT NAFTA TALKS Labour standards are on the agenda today and tomorrow at the third round of NAFTA negotiations in Ottaw...

OTTAWA - Canada is pushing for the inclusion of enforceable, progressive labour standards in a rewritten North American Free Trade Agreement, aimed at compelling Mexico to pay workers higher wages and...

OTTAWA - Victims of childhood sexual abuse often suffer great distress over the fact video or pictures of the crimes are circulating in cyberspace - adding to the pain they are already experiencing, s...

REGINA - Biologists have made a discovery on a swath of native grassland in southwest Saskatchewan that they are calling exciting, but are also hesitant to talk about. Mike Burak, with the Nature Cons...