Category Archives: Canada

Seven stories in the news for Friday, Sept. 8 --- MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF MEXICO A massive 8.1-magnitude earthquake hit off Mexico’s southern coast late Thursday, toppling houses in Chiap...

SUDBURY, Ont. - The man at the centre of bribery allegations against two Ontario Liberals believed they were offering him opportunities within the party and not government appointments, court heard Fr...

CALGARY - The father of a disabled woman who weighed just over 50 pounds when she died has testified he told his ex-wife they should take their daughter to see a doctor, but she would only say she wou...

TORONTO - Search crews say they have found a test model of the Avro Arrow, an advanced Canadian fighter jet that was controversially scrapped in 1959, on the floor of Lake Ontario. OEX Recovery Group,...

CALGARY - The future of the Energy East pipeline has been thrown into question after TransCanada Corp. announced it wants to suspend for now its application to build the $15.7-billion project. In a st...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg high school hopes that teaching its students about the Holocaust will help put a stop to a recent spate of anti-Semitic bullying. Ted Fransen, superintendent with the Pembina Tra...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s minority NDP government is set to table a throne speech outlining its political blueprint after months of tension, upheaval and backroom machinations following a sp...

CALGARY - An Alberta man is appealing his conviction and sentence for the murders of a father, the man’s two-year-old daughter and a woman. Derek Saretzky, 24, was convicted of three counts of f...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is suggesting the federal government could take over the Port of Churchill as one way to help revive the subarctic town’s broken rail line and economy...

KELOWNA, B.C. - Justin Trudeau says there’s nothing inconsistent about touting Canada as a welcoming country that embraces immigrants and refugees while simultaneously trying to head off another...