Category Archives: Canada

WASHINGTON - A new era in North American free trade dawned in the dead of night Sunday as a 14-month NAFTA modernization effort between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico finally came to fruition with just h...

WINNIPEG - When Kevin Chief finished his university degree, he wasn’t sure how to land his first real job. The vice-president of the Business Council of Manitoba and former NDP cabinet minister,...

MONTREAL - Officials in Quebec are banking on a massive cull of the province’s deer population to help prevent the spread of a fatal disease after its first-ever case was detected on a game farm...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is expanding the bighorn sheep hunt in part of the Cariboo region at the same time it targets the animals’ natural predators to protect two herds in a...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $33 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder on the Prairies. The ...

TORONTO - The owners of a Toronto property where the remains of eight men were found held a ceremony to bless and renew their home on Saturday. Community members read prayers and sang songs at the hom...

Winnipeg police say their homicide unit is investigating the discovery of a woman’s body at a recycling depot, noting her remains likely got there in a bin carrying recycling material. Const. Ja...

HALIFAX - Researchers looking for a possible great white shark mating site off Nova Scotia are having a successful expedition so far, after tagging their third mature male great white shark on Saturda...

TORONTO - The interim leader of Ontario’s struggling Liberals said Saturday that voters made the “right call” in stripping them of their power - and official party status - in the la...

MONTREAL - Quebec’s party leaders criss-crossed the province on Saturday, urging their supporters to show up and cast their ballots as the 39-day election campaign entered its final weekend. ...