Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - He was first detected July 30 in the cold, dark waters off Shelburne, near Nova Scotia’s southwest tip. He turned up a week later in Mahone Bay and has hovered around there since, near...

OTTAWA - The federal government will consider what to do with admission fees for national parks beyond Canada’s 150th birthday after this year’s free parks program has proven to be excepti...

MONTREAL - It’s a far-out dream that Canada’s two newest astronauts are hoping will come true: orbiting the moon within the next decade or so. In fact, Joshua Kutryk and Jennifer Sidey are...

VICTORIA - The B.C. government ended the last fiscal year with a surplus of $2.7 billion, largely in line with unaudited financial results released two months ago by the province’s former Libera...

FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alta. - Alberta RCMP say a street in an Edmonton-area community is being used as a driving range. Officers say golf balls have been repeatedly hit or flung into a cul-de-sac in the ...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Finance Minister Carole James says the worst wildfire season in British Columbia’s history is expected to put a dent in the provincial budget as firefighters battle the largest ...

The plan to legalize marijuana should recognize that the black community has been overly criminalized for using the drug, says a Liberal MP who is calling on the government to consider that perspectiv...

WINNIPEG - The Canadian Centre for Child Protection is warning parents of the dangers of an app popular with teens called Sarahah. The app allows users to send anonymous “constructive criticism&...

WINNIPEG - Indigenous activist, author and rookie politician Wab Kinew is being accused of downplaying decade-old domestic violence charges as he heads into the final stretch of the Manitoba NDP leade...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s beer war is opening on a new front. The government says it will appeal a trade panel ruling that found the province’s incentive for Alberta brewers violates interprovi...