Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - A heat wave scorching British Columbia’s south coast has ended but poor air quality caused by smoke from raging wildfires continues to plague the southern half of the province. Envir...

QUEBEC - Muslims in Quebec City are going to have their own cemetery after all. The cemetery will be located on a parcel of land of about 6,000 square metres the city is selling for about $270,000 plu...

TORONTO - Construction on one of three safe injection sites in Toronto is set to begin next week, the city announced Friday, moving forward on a commitment to speed up the opening of the facilities. T...

OTTAWA - Canada’s forestry industry says a proposed federal plan to protect caribou is a risky experiment that will do little to help the animals, but will hurt companies already struggling with...

HALIFAX - Much of Atlantic Canada lost cellphone and other network services for more than four hours Friday, inconveniencing citizens and commerce alike, after what Bell called “accidental damag...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A Vancouver-area man has been charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault for allegedly having unprotected sex without disclosing his HIV status. RCMP say they received a...

HALIFAX - As he turns 30 on Monday, Sidney Crosby will celebrate his third Stanley Cup win parading the cherished mug through the streets of the city where he’s been a star since he was five yea...

MONTREAL - A retired Mohawk professional wrestler has reached an agreement in principle to settle a lawsuit with singer Van Morrison over the use of his image on the cover of an upcoming album, his la...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.3 per cent in July. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, howe...

OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.3 per cent in July. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador 15.7 per cent (...