Category Archives: Canada

SAO PAOLO, Brazil - Goals by teenager Deanne Rose and superstar Christine Sinclair lifted Canada onto the medal podium Friday, earning a bronze for the second straight Olympics in a 2-1 win over Brazi...

MONTREAL - The judge presiding over Richard Henry Bain’s first-degree murder trial isn’t worried the jury is taking its time with its deliberations. Quebec Superior Court Justice Guy Courn...

OTTAWA - The Senate is opening the door to the idea of outsiders taking a second look at its spending. “We have not and will not waver from our commitment to be more transparent, efficient and a...

EDMONTON - Alberta police investigators have charged a man with incest and other sexual offences. The province’s Internet child exploitation unit says it arrested a man Wednesday in a small town...

OTTAWA - Union leaders attending Canada Post’s annual meeting were left frustrated Friday as the Crown corporation refused to provide details on its calculations on the cost of the union’s...

OTTAWA - The Senate says the Liberal government is not acting quickly enough to combat the growing problem of obesity. “We urge them to reconsider. The health of Canadians is at stake,” Co...

CALGARY - A murder trial for parents of a teenaged boy who died of starvation and complications from untreated diabetes three years ago will resume next month. Emil Radita, 59, and his 54-year-old wif...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Space Agency has received almost 4,000 applications from would-be astronauts. The agency announced in June it was starting its fourth recruitment campaign, seeking two people to ...

VICTORIA - Work crews in Victoria hope a lot of warmth and a morsel of mouse will charm a snake into slithering out of a city storm drain. The creature, believed to be a corn snake up to 1.8 metres in...

REGINA - A Saskatchewan gas jockey who got quite a bit more than 15 minutes of fame after appearing on David Letterman’s “The Late Show” because of his unusual last name has died. A ...