Category Archives: Canada

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - About 135 students at an elementary school in Kamloops, B.C., were stung by wasps during their Terry Fox run Thursday. Diana Skoglund, communications manager for School District 73, s...

MONTREAL - With two weeks to go before la Francophonie names its new leader, former governor general Michaelle Jean is receiving only lukewarm support from Quebec’s political party leaders as sh...

VICTORIA - Two government reviews will dig deeper into possible money laundering in British Columbia, expanding the province’s scrutiny beyond casinos. The reviews are aimed at stopping the poss...

An Ontario judge is fighting back against a disciplinary body’s ruling that found he cast a shadow on his profession by accepting a temporary dean post at a northern university’s Indigenou...

OTTAWA - Internet advocacy groups say they’re unhappy Canada’s telecoms regulator has halved the minimum speed that projects need to meet for a $750-million fund designed to make broadband...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s health minister says he believes there is timely access to abortion services in the province despite calls from advocates to improve access. Randy Delorey said Thursday t...

OTTAWA - MPs have unanimously endorsed a motion to revoke the honorary Canadian citizenship of Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. The vote, on a Bloc Quebecois motion, followed Thursda...

STEINBACH, Man. - A company that operates a chain of radio stations is apologizing for running a paid advertisement that downplayed the effect of the residential school system on Indigenous people. Ma...

Members of a tiny First Nation in northwest British Columbia remain scattered across the province in hotels and relatives’ homes after fleeing destructive wildfires this summer. It will take mon...

OTTAWA - The Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister threw cold water on hopes the diplomatic row between his country and Canada will come to an end on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly this...