Category Archives: Canada

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Irving Pulp and Paper is facing 15 counts of polluting the St. John River at its mill near the Reversing Falls tourist attraction. An Environment Canada spokesman says Irving has be...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Dec. 2 --- MONSEF APOLOGIZES TO COMMITTEE: The minister in charge of finding Canada a better electoral system has apologized to the MPs tasked with exploring ...

OTTAWA - Outrage was the predominant tone on Parliament Hill this week, despite the omnipresent Christmas decorations with their messages of peace on earth. The chief of the defence staff, Jonathan Va...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s inbox filled up pretty quickly this past spring after controversy first began to engulf the federal government’s efforts to retool Canada’s e...

CAVENDISH, P.E.I. - P.E.I. residents are being asked to watch for muddy coins after a thief climbed deep into a historic wishing well to steal money from the bottom. Charlottetown RCMP say the thief d...

TORONTO - Costco is being investigated by Ontario’s Ministry of Health for its compliance with the province’s legislation on selling pharmaceutical and over-the-counter drugs. The health m...

OTTAWA - Malcolm Rowe, the newest justice on the Supreme Court of Canada, was formally welcomed to the court Friday. Here’s a look at his life and career: Born: St. John’s, N.L., 1953. Edu...

A woman arrested in the death of a Canadian legal scholar in Florida has been charged with first-degree murder for her alleged role in what investigators have suggested was a murder-for-hire rooted in...

CALGARY - A woman charged in the death of her son began researching holistic remedies nearly a month before he eventually died of an overwhelming infection brought on by strep. Tamara Lovett, 47, is o...

WINNIPEG - This little piggy is staying home - for now. Podgy the pot-bellied pig has been granted a reprieve by officials in Winnipeg. The city ruled earlier this year that Podgy wasn’t a pet a...