Category Archives: Canada

Montreal’s Olympic Stadium opened in 1976 for that year’s Summer Games. A look at some of the problems that have plagued the Big O or, as some dub it, the “Big Owe”: July 1976:...

Montreal’s Olympic Stadium opened in 1976 for that year’s Summer Games. A by-the-numbers look at the Big O or, as some dub it, the “Big Owe”: 1: Number of papal visits. Pope Jo...

TORONTO - A group advocating for full immigration status for all migrants says more than 50 immigration detainees began refusing food Monday in two Ontario centres. The End Immigration Detention Netwo...

TORONTO - A group advocating for full immigration status for all migrants says more than 50 immigration detainees began refusing food Monday in two Ontario centres. The End Immigration Detention Netwo...

Many Fort McMurray firefighters, unable to wear their usual air masks while battling a giant wildfire that attacked the northern Alberta city, are being screened for health problems because they spent...

OTTAWA - The union representing some 50,000 postal workers says it’s rejecting a proposal to undergo binding arbitration in its labour dispute with Canada Post. In a statement released Thursday ...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - A massive convoy is underway to move evacuees stranded at oilfield camps north of Fort McMurray, Alta., through the fire-ravaged community to safe areas south of the oilsands ca...

FORT MCMURRAY, AB - A wildfire that has devastated parts of Fort McMurray has exploded in size, and officials say they are now water bombing the city to keep it from being overwhelmed by flames. Offic...

”The whole neighbourhood was like armageddon.” Kamloops man escapes Fort McMurray EDMONTON, AB - A Kamloops man who works in the oilpatch says he was in Barriere for the wildfires of 2003,...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The Alberta government has declared a provincial state of emergency due to a devastating forest first that has destroyed 1,600 homes in Fort McMurray. Municipal Affairs Minister...