Category Archives: Canada

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland couple’s story of being stranded at an airport in Portugal after Air Canada suddenly suspended their tickets home has emerged as the latest chapter in the...

HALIFAX - Two orphaned bear cubs whose survival briefly became a Nova Scotia election issue Tuesday have been placed in wildlife parks and will not be euthanized. Tory candidate Allan MacMaster said t...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has been providing select allies with what officials say is a broad overview of its long-awaited defence policy update, even as Canadians wait for the specifics. Defenc...

VANCOUVER - Claire Eccles steps in front of the mound for a couple easy tosses before signalling she’s ready to pitch. The catcher prepares for the delivery, neither really knowing where her knu...

WASHINGTON - Canadian politicians were well within earshot as political bombshells this week exploded all over Washington. Just as news broke that U.S. President Donald Trump had shared classified inf...

VANCOUVER - A harm reduction group on the front line of Vancouver’s overdose crisis can now include a small, furry mouse on the list of lives it has saved. Melissa Patton was volunteering with t...

OTTAWA - Canada’s famed Snowbirds have put their airshow season on hold so that some of its pilots can get more practice. Snowbird team lead Maj. Patrick Gobeil said Tuesday that the iconic flyi...

HALIFAX - (NSElxn) Nova Scotia New Democrats are promising to bring in $15-a-day child care beginning next year if they win the May 30 provincial election. Party leader Gary Burrill also said his part...

OTTAWA - Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett says she shares the concerns of those family members who are growing ever more anxious about the long-delayed public inquiry into missing and murde...

OTTAWA - A Nova Scotia senator was kicked out of the Conservative caucus Tuesday over his decision to attend a dinner hosted by Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Sen. Stephen Greene said he was g...