Category Archives: Canada

BRANDON, Man. - Police in western Manitoba have charged a mother for abandoning her toddler in a stroller. Brandon police say an 18-month-old girl was left alone in the city’s downtown in August...

MONTREAL - A small fishing village in southwestern Nova Scotia seems like the last place you’d find a voice for Quebec independence. But the latest Parti Quebecois hopeful seeking to run under t...

Former NHL player Georges Laraque says it is embarrassing that the Pittsburgh Penguins are willing to visit the White House. The retired enforcer said Monday that hockey showed its conservative face w...

TORONTO - Jackie Buttnor is passing along the fitness bug, one international sporting competition at a time. The 50-year-old former Canadian Forces medic credits her training for Toronto’s Invic...

BALZAC, Alta. - Two semi-trailer truck drivers are being praised for playing a little blacktop rodeo when they used their big rigs to safely steer an AWOL horse off a busy highway north of Calgary and...

OTTAWA - The chief U.S. negotiator rejected Monday suggestions that the Americans are deliberately dragging their feet in talks to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement - and he got backup f...

TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on Canada’s small-and-medium sized businesses to embrace globalization and help deepen what he termed the “Canada-China friendship” by ...

Three stories in the news for Monday, Sept. 25 --- UN COUNCIL TO DISCUSS ANTI-BLACK RACISM IN CANADA The UN Human Rights Council is set to discuss a report on issues affecting African-Canadians that m...

TORONTO - The appearance of Prince Harry’s girlfriend over the weekend at the opening ceremonies of the Invictus Games in Toronto continues to be scrutinized by royal watchers, who have commente...

SMITHERS, B.C. - Gladys Radek raised a fist in the air and wept as she reached the end of her 350-kilometre journey along British Columbia’s Highway of Tears. The Indigenous grandmother finished...