Category Archives: Canada

SASKATOON - When Chris Wenzel knew he was going to die, he had an unusual request for his wife. The well-known Saskatoon tattoo artist asked that his ink-adorned skin be removed and preserved before h...

OTTAWA - The investigation of how the Conservative party handled a sexual-assault allegation against former Tory MP Rick Dykstra in the last federal election campaign is wrapping up, but a former top ...

Quebec Premier Francois Legault told Ottawa on Wednesday to stay out of the province’s business on health care. “We will not be dictated to by the federal government,” Legault told r...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is tapping a former army officer, who served in Afghanistan and commanded Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick, as Canada’s new veterans’ ombudsma...

VANCOUVER - Swallows are evolving smaller, more manoeuvrable wings to help them dodge buildings and vehicles. Some fish are growing mouths that are smaller and harder to hook. Large animals from carib...

CALGARY - A week before Calgarians rejected another chance to hold the Winter Olympic Games, Mayor Naheed Nenshi, draped in a Team Canada scarf, stood before a rapt pro-bid crowd and made a passionate...

TORONTO - An investigation is underway into an alleged sexual assault at a prestigious private school in Toronto, police said Wednesday as the institution announced it had expelled students over two s...

MONTREAL - Two teenagers appeared in Quebec Youth Court Wednesday on charges of second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 17-year-old whose body was found in a wooded area in Montreal. Th...

OTTAWA - The Ford government should be using Thursday’s economic update to unveil its plan to combat climate change in Ontario, rather than resorting to “gimmicks” to criticize the f...

TORONTO - Rotating Olympic hosts? A single go-to destination every four years? Maybe dump the bid process altogether? There are no easy answers for what has become a challenging effort of late: findin...