Category Archives: Canada

SAN FRANCISCO - Cirque du Soleil “Luzia” has cancelled its San Francisco shows through Friday and hired psychologists to counsel cast and crew members in the wake of an accident that kille...

HALIFAX - Tens of thousands of dead herring keep washing ashore along Nova Scotia’s western coastline, a mystery for biologists trying to figure out what is killing the small, silvery fish. The ...

OTTAWA - The federal government has pledged more support for the fight against AIDS, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s confident the battle can be won. In marking World AIDS Day, Healt...

HALIFAX - Two environmental groups are slamming the recent agreement allowing Nova Scotia to use coal-fired electrical plants beyond the new federal deadline to phase them out by 2030. The federal-pro...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has been quietly looking at the possibility of adding a third official language: Sign language. Raising signing to the level of official language would be a major recog...

VICTORIA - The Canada Border Services Agency has seized a package containing enough fentanyl that Victoria police say could cause a potential 725,000 overdoses. The package intercepted at Vancouver...

TORONTO - Ontario will hire more judges, Crown attorneys, duty counsel and court staff to try to shorten the time it takes for criminal cases to get to trial and make sure people aren’t awaiting...

RED DEER, Alta. - A 20-year-old Calgary man is no longer facing a charge of dangerous driving. Kunal Anand was charged on April 10 after a video was recorded on a dash cam showing a speeding car squee...

CALGARY - A Calgary woman wept through much of her initial interview with police before she was charged in the death of her seven-year-old son. Tamara Lovett, 47, is on trial charged with failing to p...

HALIFAX - A police probe has been launched into the nursing home death of a “sweet” 79-year-old Halifax-area man, as his wife alleges he was pushed by another resident with severe dementia...