Category Archives: Canada

Commissioner David Branch is standing firm in his belief that the players in the Ontario Hockey League are there for the love of the game, and shouldn’t be getting paid for their services. It ap...

WASHINGTON - One dramatic White House expulsion might have gotten much of the attention Thursday, but there’s been another that free-speech advocates say must not be ignored: the banning of CNN ...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Grocery retailers were moving Thursday to ensure critical supplies remained available in Nunavut’s capital after a fire destroyed significant parts of Iqaluit’s largest ...

HALIFAX - Moments before the armistice ending the First World War took effect on Nov. 11, 1918, a sniper’s bullet sliced the morning air. It struck a Canadian soldier in the chest as he emerged ...

MONTREAL - Bombardier Inc. announced Thursday it will shed 5,000 jobs company-wide and sell off two units as part of chief executive Alain Bellemare’s five-year plan to rein in costs, focus on r...

HALIFAX - The Boeing 747 cargo jet that overshot a Halifax runway this week had touched down in rainy conditions while being buffeted by a crosswind with a potential tailwind, the Transportation Safet...

Francis Pegahmagabow went to a recruitment office almost immediately after war was declared in 1914. The Ojibwa sniper from Wasauksing First Nation of Parry Island would serve with the 1st Infantry Ba...

Five stories in the news for Thursday, Nov. 8 --- EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO HONOUR INDIGENOUS VETERANS Across the country today, people are gathering for the 25th National Aboriginal Veterans Day. It was st...

OTTAWA - The federal government’s apology for one of Canada’s most shameful anti-Semitic episodes was personal for some of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet ministers. For Inte...

OTTAWA - Neither Canada nor the United States is experiencing a crisis in asylum claims, says the United Nations’ assistant high commissioner for refugees. Volker Turk, an Austrian in charge of ...