Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - Critics of open-net fish farms say the escape of Atlantic salmon from a Washington state pen that held 305,000 fish should spur Canada to support a transition to land-based aquaculture bec...

TORONTO - Banning an obnoxious but non-violent protester from town property violated his right to express his political views, Ontario’s top court ruled Friday. In its decision, the Court of App...

CALGARY - A leader in Calgary’s LGBTQ community says politicians from Alberta’s new conservative party are welcome to watch next weekend’s Pride parade, but must do more than voice s...

OTTAWA - Sen. Denise Batters was minutes from boarding a flight home when she noticed two-day old Twitter posts that said she was only in the upper chamber because her husband killed himself. Twenty y...

OTTAWA - The federal government is facing increased pressure from Indigenous advocates to confront how historical figures are celebrated in Canada following the passage of a motion by an Ontario teach...

PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - Premier John Horgan is citing fairness and affordability for his fledgling NDP government’s decision to eliminate tolls on two major Vancouver-area bridges in time for the...

OTTAWA - Officials in Canada and the U.S. are concerned that the next wave of asylum seekers at the border could be a population far bigger than the Haitians crossing now. More than 260,000 Salvadoran...

HALIFAX - A federal report suggests some Maritime waters were warmer than normal last year, including record-breaking temperatures at the bottom of the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Fisherie...

MONTREAL - New charges have been laid against a Montreal man already accused of first-degree murder in the death of a newborn baby whose pregnant mother was stabbed. Sofiane Ghazi was charged last mon...

TORONTO - Canadian and American auto worker unions say they’ll continue to fight for higher wages in Mexico with or without a NAFTA deal, even as U.S. President Donald Trump threatened again to ...