Category Archives: Canada

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The massive, overturned hull of a seemingly ancient ship has appeared without warning along the southwestern tip of Newfoundland. Wanda Blackmore says her 21-year-old son, Gordon, c...

OTTAWA - Canada's immigration department is denying Mexico's claim that a pact between the two countries is already curbing asylum claims in Canada, as the minister in charge faces mounting pressure t...

OTTAWA - A chill on freedom of speech is deepening the pain Muslims in Canada are already feeling over the ongoing tragedy in the Gaza Strip, says Canada's special representative on combating Islamoph...

OTTAWA - Canada's special envoy on preserving Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism says this year's Holocaust Remembrance Day has taken on a particularly sombre tone. Deborah Lyons attribu...

MONTREAL - The hunt for at least one suspect got underway on Saturday after a man was shot dead inside a taxi near downtown Montreal, city police said. Spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant said officers f...

VANCOUVER - Seventy-seven-year-old Keith Light is back at home in a recreational vehicle outside a Walmart in East Vancouver, having recently been discharged from hospital after an accident. He's glad...

VANCOUVER - Balmy weather and a series of rainstorms forecast for British Columbia's South Coast have set off flood advisories for rivers, streams and low-lying areas. Environment Canada says a series...

OTTAWA - Canada is joining the United States in suspending funding for a UN agency that supports Palestinians, in response to allegations agency staff played a role in the Hamas attack on Israel last ...

QUEBEC - A senior leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec is stepping back from his functions as he fights allegations of sexual assault that emerged as part of a class-action lawsuit, the Quebe...

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that Ibrahim Ali should be removed from the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has been held throughout his first-degree murder trial. ...