Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - A hydroelectric venture in central Labrador should serve as a cautionary tale for British Columbia and its own ambitions to build a multibillion-dollar dam in the province’s northeas...

BATHURST, N.B. - A 61-year-old ATV driver died in New Brunswick Monday night - becoming at least sixth person to die in an all terrain vehicle crash in Atlantic Canada in about a month. Police say the...

OTTAWA - Canada is conducting daily threat assessments of North Korea’s provocative missile tests, including its most recent blast over Japan, Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. But the prime minister...

OTTAWA - Temporary shelters set up in Cornwall, Ont., to house asylum seekers will remain on standby until Oct. 1, but the province’s immigration minister said Tuesday that, for now, it doesn...

TORONTO - Ontario is putting an additional $222 million over three years toward fighting an opioid crisis that the government said claimed the lives of 865 people in the province last year. Health Min...

SYDNEY, Australia - Two of three Quebecers accused of importing cocaine into Australia aboard a luxury cruise ship last year have had their trial put off until next February. The trial for the man and...

OTTAWA - Tearing down tributes to historical figures would be “counterproductive” to reconciliation efforts between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, says the former chairman of the Tr...

HAMILTON - As the winless Hamilton Tiger-Cats returned to the field Tuesday looking to regroup after a much-needed week off, they found themselves in the middle of an international incident with the t...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Wildfires burning in British Columbia’s Interior are resulting in poor air quality for much of the southern half of the province. Environment Canada issued an air quality adviso...

KELOWNA, B.C. - A gymnastics coach who secretly filmed his young athletes using the toilet has received a two-year sentence for making and possessing child pornography. Angelo Despotas, 48, betrayed t...