Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The first debate in the federal Conservative leadership campaign will take place Nov. 9 in Saskatoon - a change from the original Nov. 10 date. The party says the English-language debate will...

TORONTO - Bojana Sentaler is quickly learning just what it means to feel the full force of the “Kate effect.” Barely 24 hours after the Duchess of Cambridge appeared in a coat by the Toron...

TORONTO - When Raquel Grand’s wife was in the middle of a difficult childbirth five years ago, Grand realized that if she lost her partner that day she would not have the legal right to take the...

HALIFAX - In his suicide note, Gerald Rushton said he loved his common-law wife and her daughter. The Nova Scotia man wrote the note after he killed both of them in 2013 - using a claw hammer to bludg...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is advising people who bought certain Samsung washing machines to only use the delicate cycle when washing bedding, water-resistant and bulky items because ...

A Toronto bride is crediting a newly arrived Syrian refugee with salvaging both her wedding gown and the day itself. Jo Du says the bridal gown that fit perfectly upon first try began falling apart ho...

RICHMOND, B.C. - A Vancouver-area city where nearly half the residents identify as ethnically Chinese is requiring that all bus-stop ads be at least 50-per-cent English. Richmond signed a contract ear...

EDMONTON - Guidelines from the Catholic Bishops of Alberta and the Northwest Territories say priests should refuse funerals for some people who choose assisted suicide. The document describes how phys...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier says he likes to conduct most of his government business over the phone because he doesn’t want to publicly defend comments or ideas that don’t become...

SAINT-EUSTACHE, Que. - Police near Montreal have asked for the public’s help in finding out who killed and mutilated an ostrich described by its owner as “proud and beautiful.” The t...