Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - The five candidates vying to become the next leader of Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservatives gave their final pitches to hundreds of delegates gathered at the party’s leadershi...

Sara Austin says parents enrolling their children in athletic programs this fall can take an important step to help prevent sexual abuse. Just talk. Austin, the CEO of the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advoca...

TORONTO - The family of an Ontario First Nation chief who was a vocal advocate for a community plagued by a mercury-contaminated river called Friday for an inquest into his death, saying it was needed...

WASHINGTON - Prominent Democratic denizens of America’s superheated political atmosphere breathed a sigh of relief Friday as investigators in Florida arrested a man they allege mailed crudely fa...

Ottawa ran a deficit of nearly $1.88 billion in August compared with a deficit of nearly $2.63 billion in the same month last year as revenue increased faster than spending. According to the monthly f...

OTTAWA - Canada’s top court has set new limits for defendants trying to beat a drunk-driving charge in a ruling that may have consequences for anyone accused of being high behind the wheel. What...

VANCOUVER - A study commissioned by BC Hydro reveals most British Columbians believe they keep electricity consumption on a short leash, but when a pet is added to the family, those savings can end up...

OTTAWA - Mexico won’t sign the new North American free trade agreement unless the U.S. removes steel and aluminum tariffs on its two continental neighbours, says a senior Mexican official. Juan ...

O’DONNELL’S, N.L. - A fish plant in a small community in eastern Newfoundland has been gutted by a large fire, leaving the village without its core employer. The local volunteer fire depar...

Eight stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 26 --- SHERMAN INVESTIGATION UPDATE EXPECTED TODAY A lawyer hired by the family of murdered billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman is expected to offer an upda...