Canada

Roadwork unearths remnants of 1800s Montreal zoo run by the 'Canadian Barnum'

MONTREAL - Long before the Plateau-Mont-Royal became one of Montreal's trendiest neighbourhoods, the area was home to a 19th-century botanical garden and zoo where Montrealers marvelled at the sight o...

Oct 9, 2022

Climate Changed: Communities on edge of catastrophe face choice of fight or flight

VANCOUVER - The idea of relocating his community isn't one that Arnie Lampreau of the Shackan Indian Band in British Columbia's Nicola Valley thought he'd be considering when he was elected chief earl...

Oct 9, 2022

Climate Changed: Catastrophe experts say retreat from flood risk is 'critical option'

VANCOUVER - All climate disasters are not created equal and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction recommends retreat in the face of only one type of threat. "In our opinion, retreat is not an ...

Oct 9, 2022

Competition Bureau probe of 'flushable' wipes goes down the drain

OTTAWA - To flush or not to flush? It is a question Canada's Competition Bureau says it cannot answer. Three years ago, Friends of the Earth Canada and lawyers from Ecojustice filed a grievance with t...

Oct 9, 2022

Andrea Skinner resigns as Hockey Canada's interim chair

Hockey Canada has confirmed that Andrea Skinner, interim chair of the organization's board of directors, has submitted her resignation. Skinner assumed the role in August after the resignation of form...

Oct 8, 2022

Incoming Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to seek Brooks-Medicine Hat seat

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - Incoming Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she will seek the southeastern seat of Brooks-Medicine Hat in a byelection, even though she doesn't live in the area. Smith, who won ...

Oct 8, 2022

Quebec businessman and philanthropist André Chagnon, founder of Vidéotron, dead at 94

MONTREAL - Andr Chagnon, a Quebec businessman who founded telecommunications giant Vidotron and later set up one of the largest family foundations in the country, has died. In a statement, his family ...

Oct 8, 2022

'Pushed to the back': First Nations women under-represented as chiefs in Canada

More than a year after Sheila North unsuccessfully ran to lead one of Manitoba's largest First Nations political organizations, the Cree leader and journalist is ready to try again. The Assembly of Ma...

Oct 8, 2022

'Arrival of a new Arctic': Study predicts Arctic rainy days will double by 2100

YELLOWKNIFE - While the Arctic is better known for blankets of snow than rain clouds, new research suggests the number of rainy days in the region will roughly double by the end of this century. The s...

Oct 8, 2022

Veterans, legion butt heads over use of poppy on election signs

OTTAWA - Two veterans running for municipal council north of Toronto have run afoul of the Royal Canadian Legion for using the image of the poppy on their election campaign signs. Nickolas Harper and ...

Oct 8, 2022