Category Archives: Canada

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A man who pleaded guilty to a brutal attack on a Saskatchewan homeless woman is to face a dangerous offender hearing next year. The hearing in March will determine whether a jud...

TORONTO - Galvanized by public outrage over Donald Trump’s divisive U.S. presidential campaign, a Toronto clothier is launching a series of “Dump Trump” ties - with plans to donate a...

VANCOUVER - An American actor who played a psychopathic villain in the television drama Prison Break has a soft spot for Vancouver and a love of Canadians - especially the geese. Robert Knepper was in...

CALGARY - Alberta’s monthly unemployment rate climbed to its highest level in nearly 22 years in July, marking the first time the province has had a worse jobless rate than Nova Scotia, Statisti...

SKINNERS POND, P.E.I. - This P.E.I. hamlet has begun work on a gamble: That Canada still loves Stompin’ Tom Connors as much as the country-folk legend loved it. Construction is under way on the ...

OTTAWA - Canadians who fear that scrapping the first-past-the-post electoral system would lead to instability and extremism should look for comfort on the other side of the world, argued James Shaw, t...

OTTAWA - The new head of the military’s support unit for ill and injured military personnel is promising to address the many problems that have plagued the oft-criticized system for years. Brig....

Ottawa has turned to a high-profile northerner to advise it on where to spend money in the Arctic and ensure those that live there have a voice in how it’s spent. Mary Simon, a diplomat, journal...

ST-HYACINTHE, Que. - Meat processing company Olymel announced Friday it will cut 340 jobs at its plant in St-Hyacinthe, Que. The decision stems from a plan by the Canadian meat packing giant to cease ...

STEPHENVILLE CROSSING, N.L. - A Newfoundland man who allegedly took a float plane on a joyride Thursday night didn’t make it very far before crashing into nearby woods, police say. RCMP say the ...