Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - The editor-in-chief of a Canadian magazine has stepped down amid a contentious conversation about cultural appropriation in Canadian media and literature. A representative from The Walrus sa...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil said he’ll put the province’s school boards under the microscope if re-elected because trustees’ decision to vote themselves pay increase...

MONCTON, N.B. - It was a sunny summer evening in Moncton’s northwest end. After a streak of rain, temperatures had climbed, and people filled the streets basking in first days of warmth. As chil...

MONTREAL - David Samuelson stands in the bare, still-damp space in his basement that was once his son’s room. Outside on the front lawn of his Montreal home is a growing pile of waterlogged debr...

OTTAWA - For 16 years, Maggy Gisle thought her lot in life was to be a “junkie, a prostitute and a drug dealer.” Now, Gisle - once known as “Crazy Jackie,” a fixture on the Dow...

OTTAWA - Provinces have been protesting the large volume of work and heavy costs they say the Trudeau government has piled on them in its rush to legalize recreational cannabis across Canada by next y...

OTTAWA - The Trump administration is likely to quickly trigger the process that will lead to renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, now that a new U.S. trade representative has been...

VANCOUVER - There will be no new whales, dolphins or porpoises kept at the Vancouver Aquarium in the future if the city’s park board approves changes to its cetaceans bylaw on Monday. It’s...

TORONTO - From bumps and bruises to amputations and even death, data suggests elevators in Canada are proving increasingly dangerous. In the past six years, six people have been killed and 1,225 peopl...

MONTREAL - Hundreds of Quebec forestry workers are experiencing the first sour tastes from the softwood lumber battle with the United States as they prepare for the start of layoffs. Starting Monday, ...