Category Archives: Canada

WHITEHORSE - The Montreal woman who was the first female to make a solo ascent of Canada’s highest mountain has recovered some of the expensive gear she had to abandon during her rescue on the c...

OTTAWA - Eighteen Till I Die? How about waiting until 25 years after you die? That’s how long it takes under Canada’s copyright laws for artists to regain the rights to the material they p...

OTTAWA - The number of irregular border crossers seeking asylum in Canada increased slightly in August, but were far below the record spikes seen last summer. Statistics published Tuesday by the feder...

HYAS, Sask. - A rural politician in eastern Saskatchewan says he’s at a loss to explain why a newly built bridge collapsed just hours after opening. Reeve Duane Hicks said the Dyck Memorial Brid...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has introduced legislation to make the funeral home industry more accountable, but the husband of a woman whose remains were mistakenly cremated after a bizarre mix-up says the n...

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say they’ll continue to crack down on the illegal production of cannabis as consumption is set to become legal across the country in less than a month. The fo...

OTTAWA - Liberal MPs put on a show of unity one day after the defection of a Toronto-area MP to the Tories, saying Leona Alleslev’s decision is not a sign of wider unrest in Prime Minister Justi...

KUUJJUAQ, Que. - Police suspect arson in a fire that gutted the youth protection offices in the northern Quebec community of Kuujjuaq. Provincial police say the fire broke out in a building housing th...

HAPPY VALLEY GOOSE BAY, N.L. - Indigenous leaders shared their personal and historical connection to the Churchill River district Tuesday, at an inquiry into the Labrador megaproject that will harness...

REGINA - An Amber Alert was issued Sunday night for a six-year-old Saskatchewan girl who RCMP say was in the back of her family’s SUV when it was stolen outside a strip mall in North Battleford....