Category Archives: Canada

EDMONTON - An old felt top hat that’s been sitting on a shelf in an Edmonton antique store for 12 years is soon heading back to the museum in Quebec where it was stolen 42 years ago. Store owner...

TORONTO - Via Rail is contacting customers who may be getting spam messages linked to the email account they have used when corresponding with the company. Via says it began investigating following a ...

TORONTO - Before wading into the water at Queen’s Royal Park in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., Elizabeth Fry looked over the list of names on a plaque dedicated to all the men and women who had comp...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s fledgling New Democrat government released its interim budget after taking power in July. Here is a look at some of the winners and losers: Winners: Students and te...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s minority NDP government has released an update of its budget before a full budget is tabled in February. Here are some highlights: - Carbon tax rate increased by $5...

HOLLYWOOD, United States - Some quotes on Monday from Florida-based Canadians who survived Hurricane Irma: ”I feel great to see that my house is intact. We do have an uprooted mail box and some ...

MONTREAL - Evacuating customers from areas in the path of the deadly Hurricane Irma has frustrated some passengers but Air Canada says it was perhaps the most complex manoeuvre since the Sept. 11 terr...

CASTLEGAR, B.C. - Evacuation orders are being lifted and highways reopened as the recovery phase begins following the most destructive wildfire season in British Columbia’s recorded history. But...

TORONTO - With so many humanitarian crises in the world, it’s on everyone to educate themselves and continue pushing for democracy and human rights, Angelina Jolie told a Toronto conference focu...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Sept. 11 --- FREELAND VOWS TO GET CANADIANS HOME: Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is expressing sympathy and solidarity with those Canadians trappe...