Category Archives: Canada

PORTLAND, Maine - Sweden is digging in on a proposal to ban imports of live lobsters into the European Union after a rebuke from American scientists, and the issue could go all the way to the World Tr...

NEWCOMB, N.Y. - The 400-mile trek of a radio-collared moose named Alice is the inspiration for a proposed hiking trail from Ontario’s forested Algonquin Park to the heart of New York’s Adi...

OTTAWA - A willingness to embrace technology might not be the first attribute that comes to mind when one thinks of the legal world. The Canadian Bar Association is trying to change that. At its annua...

TORONTO - There is one winning ticket for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw, and it was purchased somewhere in the Prairie provinces. Nineteen of the 42 MaxMillions prizes...

MONTREAL - The jurors deciding the fate of the man charged in Quebec’s 2012 election-night shooting ended their first day of deliberations on without returning a verdict. Richard Henry Bain, 65,...

CALGARY - A former Calgary woman whose 22-year-old radicalized son was killed while fighting alongside Islamic extremists in Syria two years ago says the federal government failed both Aaron Driver an...

CALGARY - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his gratitude Friday for Canada’s response to the refugee crisis, praising citizens who extended “caring, warm hands”...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rosie MacLennan’s historic defence of her Olympic trampoline title highlighted a three-medal day for Canada on Friday at the Rio Games. MacLennan delivered an impressive mix of ...

VANCOUVER - Predictions of an abysmal sockeye return has forced the closure of all salmon fishing on the Lower Fraser River, prompting an outcry from recreational users who say they are leading the wa...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Aug. 12 ___ CANADA STRIKES GOLD IN RIO: Canada has had back-to-back golden days at the Rio Olympics. Rosie MacLennan won the gold in women’s individual ...