Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Air Transat’s president has taken aim at the Liberal government’s proposed passenger bill of rights, writing that the legislation may unfairly punish airlines for delays that spir...

GOULDS, N.L. - The chase for the elusive ace of spades will continue in Newfoundland after huge crowds descended upon a community on the outskirts of St. John’s for a chance to win the $1.42-mil...

SAINT-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Que. - Teams of Canadian soldiers stretched canvas across the metal frames of tents at a camp site near the Quebec-U.S. border Wednesday as they helped fellow authorities cop...

MONTREAL - A new Canadian survey on the LGBT community suggests while a majority believe society has shown a willingness to integrate people, a similar number believe there’s still much to be do...

MONTREAL - Best-selling author Louise Penny says former U.S. president Bill Clinton and his family will be vacationing in the quaint Quebec community of North Hatley as her guests. Clinton, ex-secreta...

It can cause third-degree burns and even permanent blindness - and it's spreading. Giant hogweed is cutting a wider swath in B.C. and Ontario, and the Nature Conservancy of Canada is urging people acr...

HALIFAX - Police say they believe organizing efforts by the Hells Angels in Nova Scotia have taken a “significant hit” with the arrest of an alleged member in a drug raid. David James Bish...

TORONTO - An Ontario church congregation is celebrating news of the release of their pastor from a North Korean prison more than two years after he was arrested in the country. A decision from North K...

OTTAWA - A first-of-its-kind study in Canada is drawing a link between youth homelessness levels and a foster care system that researchers say could be playing a more active role in keeping young peop...

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 9 --- CANADIAN DELEGATION IN NORTH KOREA FOR PASTOR A delegation from the Canadian government is in Pyongyang, North Korea, in hopes of bringing an impriso...