Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - A court appearance for a man charged in the deaths of a Calgary woman and her five-year-old daughter has been put over for two weeks. Edward Downey, who faces two counts of first-degree murd...

TRURO, N.S. - Bedtime for Stacey Taylor’s 11-year-old son Kai hasn’t been the same since his cat Marley went missing - one of more than 18 pets that have mysteriously disappeared from Trur...

BURLINGTON, Vt. - A Quebec man arrested while dragging a sled loaded with more than 82 kilograms of prescription pills into the United States has been sentenced to a year in prison. Cedrik Bourgault-M...

STONEWALL, Man. - Former television game show host and animal rights advocate Bob Barker is providing $50,000 to a Manitoba couple who want to build the province’s first black bear cub rehabilit...

TORONTO - Bottled water companies in Ontario may soon have to pay more and take less water as public outcry over revelations that the province charges them just $3.71 for every million litres triggere...

HALIFAX - Two investigations have been launched into the collapse of an 80-metre wind turbine in Cape Breton, believed to be the first catastrophic failure of its kind in Canada. Montreal-based Enerco...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Police in New Brunswick are investigating a pair of unusual, random attacks in Saint John that left two people with minor injuries. The Saint John Police Force says a man entered a ...

TORONTO - For the second day in a row, Canadian Olympians returned home from the Rio Olympics to excited crowds of loved ones and fans. Runner Andre De Grasse of Markham, Ont., who won a silver and tw...

Seven stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- LIBERALS IN SAGUENAY, QUE., FOR CAUCUS RETREAT Liberal MPs arrive in Saguenay, Que., today for a caucus retreat where they will prepare for ...

VANCOUVER - The medical profession is waking up to the reality that opioids have been over-prescribed in Canada and is actively searching for solutions, says a national association that represents doc...