Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Members from across Quebec’s political spectrum gathered at a downtown Montreal theatre to celebrate the life of Parti Quebecois cabinet minister Lise Payette, who died in September a...

TORONTO - Patrick Brown is down, but he may not be out yet. The embattled politician, who was forced to resign as leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives months before the party won a majo...

VANCOUVER - Former New Democrat MP Kennedy Stewart has won a neck-and-neck mayoral race to lead Vancouver, as local government saw shakeups across the region. Supporters chanted, “Kennedy, Kenne...

BAGOTVILLE, Que. - Icelandair says one of its planes made an emergency landing in Quebec late Friday night because of a cracked cockpit window. The airline says flight FI688 from Orlando to Reykjavik,...

OTTAWA - The real reason the Liberal government hasn’t been able to re-establish relations with Iran is due to its adherence to a “stupid” Canadian law allowing the seizure of Irania...

TORONTO - Once again this week, no winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. However, there were also 53 Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each up for ...

Toronto police have shut down five pot shops in a co-ordinated raid Friday afternoon. Police spokesman Gary Long says the drug squad charged and released eight people under the new provincial cannabis...

TORONTO - The Ontario Cannabis Store says it has received about 100,000 online orders in the first 24 hours that marijuana was legal in Canada. The government-run OCS says 12,000 of those orders came ...

Thousands of Swoop passengers have been forced to make alternative last-minute flight plans after the WestJet Airlines discount subsidiary cancelled 16 flights in the coming days between Canada and th...

MONTREAL - There’s been another delay in the launch of Canada’s three Earth-observation satellites known as the RADARSAT Constellation. The satellites, which will use radar to locate ships...