Category Archives: Canada

GIMLI, Man. - Ankle-deep mounds of fish flies are piling up in the Manitoba town of Gimli where town workers are scooping them with shovels and filling dozens of garbage bags at a time. Park patrol su...

Toronto police say millions of dollars in drugs, property and cash, along with weapons, have been seized in an investigation into an alleged drug smuggling operation with links to the United States. T...

CHURCHILL, Man. - A five-year-old Manitoba girl has died after a canoe she was in with her family capsized in Churchill. RCMP say they got a call late Wednesday afternoon near the town on the shores o...

TORONTO - The Tenors’ controversial rendition of O Canada at baseball’s all-star game got Don Cherry’s attention Wednesday as the hockey commentator slammed group member Remigio Pere...

HALIFAX - Once rich forests of willowy kelp that stretch along Nova Scotia’s coast have been decimated by warming water temperatures, says a marine biologist who warns that the loss could harm o...

Health Canada has approved a drug being touted as a cure for hepatitis C, a disease believed to have infected hundreds of thousands of Canadians, many of whom are unaware they harbour the virus. The d...

TORONTO - American doughnut giant Krispy Kreme is expanding in Canada again after an attempt in the early 2000s. The company says it’s opening up to 50 additional stores in Ontario and Quebec, w...

CALGARY - A Calgary man found not criminally responsible for the stabbing deaths of five young adults expressed his remorse Wednesday at a review board hearing determining his future treatment and pos...

REGINA - Floodwater started to recede in Saskatchewan communities Wednesday, following widespread, heavy rain that forced about 400 people from their homes. “Things are improving across the prov...

OTTAWA - Containing the spread of terrorism across Africa is a consideration for Canada as it mulls where best to contribute to a UN peacekeeping mission, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Wednesday...