Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government says it won’t ante up to help the provincial art gallery exhibit an iconic collection of Annie Leibovitz photographs, even as the gallery continues negotiati...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has filled two new senior diplomatic posts to lead the Canadian consulates in Detroit and Los Angeles. Former New Democrat MP Joe Comartin is the ne...

Safety officials say a near collision of airliners in San Francisco last year was a few feet from becoming the worst crash in aviation history and underscores the need for faster reporting of dangerou...

YEREVAN, Armenia - Without even her home country supporting her, Michaelle Jean failed in her bid for a second term as secretary general of la Francophonie Friday as members chose Rwandan Foreign Mini...

Five stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 12 ___ LA FRANCOPHONIE MEMBERS TO CHOOSE NEXT SECRETARY GENERAL Michaelle Jean made a public plea to hold on to her post as secretary general of la Francophon...

For Steven Bisson, an ideal date night consists of a quiet night at home, a bag of Doritos and some cannabis to set the mood. Bisson, a 50-year-old medical marijuana user in Toronto, said his partner ...

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - A slumping hillside that is threatening dozens of homes in northeastern British Columbia has prompted a further evacuation order just days after residents in the community of Old...

The Canadian government says it will impose a 25 per cent surtax on some foreign steel products in a bid to head off dumping. The Finance Department said “excessive imports” are harming th...

MONTREAL - Doctors in Montreal will soon be writing prescriptions that send patients to the art gallery instead of the pharmacy under a partnership with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The program, ...

Halifax’s outspoken Roman Catholic archbishop is calling for a “Year of Atonement,” in a bid to unify a church divided over its response to a long-running series of sexual abuse scan...