Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - All crew aboard four storm-battered vessels that had been racing across the Atlantic Ocean are safe, the Halifax-based joint rescue co-ordination centre said Saturday. A spokeswoman for the ...

BEEBE PLAIN, Vt. - For sale: A 1782 fixer-upper with thick granite walls, 1950s decor, and armed 24-hour security provided by both Canada and the United States of America. The almost 7,000-square-foot...

LONDON, Ont. - The Greek-Canadian man who said he was the first to put pineapple on pizza has died at the age of 83. According to an obituary by his family, Sam Panopoulos had been in hospital in Lond...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Beverley Bass got an unexpected call the morning after “Come From Away” star Jenn Colella was nominated for the best featured actress in a musical Tony Award. The ...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $15 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on June 16 will grow to approximately $21 million. The...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is prepared to adopt some of the Senate’s proposed amendments to its citizenship bill, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said Friday. Bill C-6 is designed to repe...

OTTAWA - The federal immigration minister has ordered a review of the asylum process in Canada in a bid to speed up the system. Ahmed Hussen said the review will examine how claims are currently handl...

MONTREAL - Quebec’s unemployment rate hit its lowest level in decades in May, helped by full employment for the prime workforce aged 15 to 54 years. Six per cent of Quebecers were unemployed, th...

OTTAWA - Quebec may finally get access to data from the defunct federal long-gun registry. Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale tabled a bill in the Commons on Friday that will allow the provi...

HINTON, Alta. - A coal mining company has been handed almost $4.5 million in federal and provincial penalties for a spill from its tailings pond that fouled tributaries feeding the Athabasca River in ...