Category Archives: Canada

Five stories in the news for Friday, March 24: --- US GOVERNMENT TO MAKE KEYSTONE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY All signs point to the Keystone XL pipeline project getting approved today. The White House says th...

CALGARY - There was tentative optimism Thursday night following the Calgary Stampede chuckwagon canvas auction, considered an economic bellwether for the oilpatch. The annual event raised $2.4 million...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg woman is recovering in hospital after developing a rare type of strep throat that forced doctors to amputate both her legs and one of her arms. Cari Kirkness, 28, thought she had...

VANCOUVER - Comments attributed to a British Columbia judge about the number of days that should be allotted to hear a sexual assault case have led to a complaint to the Canadian Judicial Council, the...

VANCOUVER - A new study has found teens who have a “couch potato” lifestyle risk having permanent negative effects on their bone health. Orthopedics Prof. Heather McKay of the University o...

TORONTO - Air Miles has posted a letter on its website warning that criminals have stolen cash miles from some of its members. The rewards program says a small number of in-store transactions with sto...

DRAINEY INLET, B.C. - A man working in the forest on British Columbia’s central coast was mauled by a grizzly Wednesday. Sgt. Scott Norris with the B.C. Conservation Officer Service says other c...

OTTAWA - New federal government spending programs are being put to a new litmus test, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Thursday - whether or not they offer the potential for luring private-sector in...

OTTAWA - The House of Commons has passed a Liberal backbencher’s motion calling on federal politicians to condemn Islamophobia. The motion, known as M-103, became a matter of acrimonious debate,...

SAINT-JEROME, Que. - A judge will hand down his verdict in June in the case of a former national ski coach charged with dozens of sex-related offences against girls and young women. Bertrand Charest&#...