Category Archives: Canada

With marijuana legalization looming next summer, Ontario has outlined its plan for the sale of weed. Here’s what’s happening in the rest of the country. - Alberta held public consultations...

SASKATOON - A bow hunter who survived being mauled by a mother black bear after she pulled him out of a tree says he was determined she wasn’t going to get him. Jeff Haydukewich was hunting for ...

QUEBEC - The man charged with six counts of first-degree murder related to slayings at a Quebec City mosque last January returned to court Friday as his defence team received additional evidence again...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Sept. 8 --- ONTARIO BREAKS NEW GROUND WITH PROPOSED POT RULES: Ontario is the first province out of the gate with a detailed plan to sell and distribute recre...

MONTREAL - Jean-Francois Lisee’s tenure as leader of the Parti Quebecois will be put to the test Saturday when members of the sovereigntist party hold a confidence vote on his stewardship. Lisee...

OTTAWA - It’s been a week of strategizing by all three federal parties, with the Liberal caucus talkfesting in Kelowna, B.C., the Conservatives meeting in Winnipeg, and the NDP leadership candid...

WATERTON, Alta. - A popular national park in the southwestern corner of Alberta was under a mandatory evacuation order Friday because a forecasted shift in wind was expected to heighten the wildfire d...

VICTORIA - Political observers were surprised Friday when Opposition Liberal member Darryl Plecas accepted the role of Speaker, despite earlier reassurances he’d given that he would not consider...

OTTAWA - Aung San Suu Kyi rebuffed three fellow Nobel laureates who tried in a private meeting four years ago to persuade her to speak up for Myanmar’s persecuted Muslim minority, The Canadian P...

TORONTO - A proposed plan on the sale of marijuana unveiled Friday by the Ontario government stirred a lot of reaction. Here’s are some quotes: - “I have made it clear that while I support...