Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - Ontario’s plan to sell and distribute recreational pot exclusively through a network of government-operated stores could lock in the dominance of the country’s large-scale licens...

The house belonging to Audrey Foy, a young woman living in Florida who is originally from Quebec, looked like a bunker Friday. It was hard to find her front door as the facade of her home had been boa...

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...