Category Archives: Canada

SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter is notifying users that a bug may have sent direct messages and protected tweets to developers who were not authorized to receive them. In notifications sent to users, Twitter ...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada forecasts Canadians could spend more than $1 billion on legal cannabis between October and December this year once marijuana for adult use is legalized on Oct. 17. The agenc...

VANCOUVER - Police say a pedestrian was seriously injured Friday morning in downtown Vancouver after a carjacking that ended with the arrest of a suspect and multiple collisions. Const. Jason Doucette...

MONCTON, N.B. - David Suzuki has doubled down on his criticisms of Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, saying she’s being a hypocrite when she says she’s committed to the Paris accord ...

HALIFAX - Millions of dollars in subsidies for a Nova Scotia tidal project is just one of the coming announcements as Ottawa boosts riskier forms of renewable energy, says the federal natural resource...

DELTA, B.C. - A British Columbia man who witnessed dozens of birds falling from the sky just south of Vancouver says he was horrified by the sight. “I called it birdageddon. It was really, reall...

WINNIPEG - A former radio host in Winnipeg who was fired after making comments about transgender people is suing for wrongful dismissal. Dave Wheeler, whose real name is Christopher Wheeler Johnson, i...

LUNENBURG, N.S. - Not far off Nova Scotia’s rough-hewn shoreline, scientists on board an aging crab boat lay in wait for one of the marine world’s greatest - and most mysterious - predator...

TORONTO - Ontario’s finance minister said the province will have to make sacrifices as it grapples with a newly revised $15-billion deficit, a message critics predicted would pave the way for si...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has announced the next steps to reach its goal of making the province more accessible for those with disabilities by 2030. Justice Minister Mark Furey has released an implementat...