Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The European Commission has again pushed off a decision on whether to require Canadians to have a visa to enter the EU. The commission says it’s now looking ahead to the Canada-EU summi...

TERREBONE, Que. - A Montreal-area city was forced to close some offices Wednesday after a visit from about 100 police officers who were staging raids in a crackdown by the province’s anti-corrup...

MUNICH - Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard denied Wednesday having given orders to put the kibosh on plans for exploratory oil and gas drilling on Anticosti Island. Couillard insisted his government, ...

TORONTO - Canada’s largest newspaper has agreed to an independent review of its newsroom culture in the aftermath of the suicide of a prominent reporter, its chairman and editor said Wednesday, ...

BANCROFT, Ont. - Toronto Star columnist Rosie DiManno has been charged with assault, a Star spokesman has confirmed. Ontario Provincial Police say an assault happened on Tuesday evening in Wollaston T...

EDMONTON - One of Canada’s most prominent environmental activists has been named by the Alberta government to co-lead an advisory panel on how the oilsands can meet greenhouse gas reduction goal...

Scientists in Montreal have discovered a new genetic mutation linked to “bone death” or osteonecrosis of the hip, with the help of four young siblings who suffered from the debilitating di...

CALGARY - Three people were taken to hospital with minor injuries after camera equipment fell on them at the Calgary Stampede. Stampede spokeswoman Jennifer Booth says the incident happened Wednesday ...

OTTAWA - It’s among the most secretive agencies in Canada. But one project officer at the Communications Security Establishment, the electronic spy service, was “very excited” about ...

TORONTO - Canada’s reigning “Polka King” is adding a lottery win to his list of accolades. Walter Ostanek has had a successful 60-year career, with three Grammy wins and the Order of...