Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the province has made big strides in improving sexual minority rights. Notley took part in Calgary’s annual pride parade on Sunday, noting that since...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose told CTV that she doesn’t support Kellie Leitch’s proposal to screen new immigrants for “anti-Canadian values.” Leitch, a Conservative...

MONTREAL - In the basement of a public housing complex on the outskirts of downtown Montreal is a large walk-in freezer used solely to kill bed bugs. The freezer is a local solution to a problem that ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Stan Dragland fell for Newfoundland like a lover. The Alberta-born writer was an Ontario-based English literature professor on sabbatical when he got to know the island, and f...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s deputy premier says the province is open to negotiating an out-of-court deal to resolve a potential $2-billion power dispute with private operators. But Sarah Hoffman says t...

HANGZHOU, China - Concerns about the impact of protectionist sentiments on key Canadian trade talks led senior government members to dedicate some of their scarce face time to the issue Sunday with G2...

VANCOUVER - Canadian researchers are one step closer to uncovering a biomarker associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder after identifying distinct patterns associated with the DNA of children w...

TORONTO - Saturday night’s $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot was won by a ticket sold in Ontario. A ticket purchased in the province also claimed the draw’s guaranteed $1 million dollar prize. ...

HANGZHOU, China - The president of the European Commission told the G20 summit that Europe’s free trade deal with Canada is the “best and most-progressive” trade agreement the EU has...

OTTAWA - Transport Canada says it has found safety deficiencies on the Canadian side of one of the busiest border crossings with the United States. The agency says the deficiencies concern a section o...