Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Bombardier says it has to restore its credibility as a rail transportation leader after being shut out of a US$3.2-billion contract to supply subway cars in New York City because of past de...

HALIFAX - A Halifax-area father has been charged after a toddler was found alone locked in the back seat of a vehicle with the windows up, in distress. “The child was very upset,” Halifax ...

OTTAWA - Despite the fact it hasn’t exactly dominated headlines, the federal New Democrat leadership race helped the third-place party more than triple its membership ranks since March, numbers ...

CALGARY - Researchers say a warning line intended to get hockey players to keep their heads up around the boards has the opposite effect. The orange metre-wide line painted on the ice along the base o...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - China shops, beware - a bull is on the loose in British Columbia’s southern Interior. RCMP say the 635 kilogram bull escaped last week from the BC Livestock Yard in Kamloops, ab...

HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre says a large storm system that’s tracking towards Atlantic Canada is expected to remain well offshore, but up to three-metre swells are expected in some a...

MONTREAL - Airbnb and the Quebec government announced an agreement Tuesday that will see the home-sharing platform begin collecting a lodging tax on short-term rentals in the province as of October. I...

HALIFAX - More than two years after a mentally ill Nova Scotia man killed his mother and two grandparents, a team of mental-health professionals argued Tuesday he should be granted unescorted day pass...

MONTREAL - As the fifth anniversary of Quebec’s election shooting approaches, Pauline Marois says she has forgiven the man who murdered a lighting technician that night and who was also intent o...

TORONTO - A large Canadian study is challenging conventional wisdom that says a low-fat diet is optimal for cardiovascular health and reduces the risk of premature death. The McMaster University study...