Category Archives: Canada

SASKATOON - It’s a doggone happy ending for a chocolate Labrador retriever that was trapped at the bottom of an abandoned well for nearly a month in southern Saskatchewan. Bruno was stuck for 27...

EDMONTON - Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose is accusing the Liberals of ignoring the plight of rural Albertans suffering from the economic downturn. Ambrose says the decision to move an immigr...

TORONTO - A man who stole gold “pucks” from the Royal Canadian Mint by hiding them in his rectum to evade metal detectors has been convicted of theft. In his written reasons, Ontario court...

EDMONTON - Alberta Progressive Conservative member Sandra Jansen is weighing her options on leaving the caucus and party, and is taking leader Ric McIver to task, saying he “hasn’t had my ...

OTTAWA - Three workers trapped in a collapse in a light rail tunnel under construction in Ottawa have been rescued. Ottawa paramedics spokeswoman Manon Lavergne says one worker suffered a minor hand i...

EDMONTON - Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose says Hillary Clinton’s defeat in the U.S. presidential election was not a rejection of women in politics. Ambrose said her take on Donald Trum...

CALGARY - A judge in a high-profile sexual assault retrial says it doesn’t matter whether the complainant was planning to have sex with the accused 10 or 15 minutes before the alleged attack. &#...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. president-elect Donald Trump are mostly in opposite corners when it comes to energy and environment issues, as some of their public remarks in recent mo...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Nov. 10 GIRL, 7, FOUND DEAD AFTER AMBER ALERT: RCMP in Saskatchewan say they have found the body of a missing seven-year-old girl who had been the subject o...

VANCOUVER - The fire hall in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside has been overwhelmed by emergency medical calls since the illicit opioid fentanyl has spurred a deadly overdose crisis. Vancouver Fire ...