Category Archives: Canada

BRUSSELS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revelled in a long-awaited moment Sunday - signing Canada’s free trade deal with the European Union, but not before recognizing the challenges ahead to b...

VANCOUVER - Lee Chapelle has fond memories of spending afternoons with his wife in the mid-1990s, barbecuing in a small yard while his young children played in the grass and mimicked the cows’ m...

VICTORIA - There’s a generation of indigenous people across Canada who were once shamed for speaking their own language. Now, people who didn’t learn their mother tongue from their parents...

VANCOUVER - Canada has a long-standing program that allows eligible federal inmates to have private visits with family members. These typically take place in separate facilities within the penitentiar...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $20 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for ...

MONTREAL - The jury at Jacques Corriveau’s fraud trial will be back at work Sunday after no verdict was reached on the second full day of deliberations. The 83-year-old former federal Liberal or...

CHARLOTTETTOWN, P.E.I. - Prince Edward Islanders can cast their ballots electronically in the province’s plebiscite on electoral reform that began Saturday afternoon. Elections P.E.I. says the o...

RUSAGONIS, N.B. - A wayward cow is back in the barn after almost a week on the run in New Brunswick. Beef farmer Wayne Morgan says he was corralling his cattle from a pasture area on Oromocto Island, ...

VANCOUVER - An outside police force has been called in to look at how Mounties handled an arrest of two seniors that was captured on a video that is circulating online. A statement from the RCMP on Sa...

GANDER, N.L. - Long before the closing number of “Come From Away” was over, a sold-out crowd of almost 2,600 cheering Newfoundlanders was on its feet. They roared in appreciation as the ca...