Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The Canadian military is drawing up options to extend its mission in Iraq even as growing political instability and competing foreign interests threaten to plunge the country into yet another...

MONTREAL - A chain gas explosion similar to the one that tore through three Boston suburbs could happen in Canada, although such a possibility is unlikely, energy experts said Friday. The multiple exp...

VANCOUVER - Health officials in Vancouver urged people to get vaccinated against measles by Friday if there’s a chance they were exposed to the highly infectious disease diagnosed in a person wh...

VICTORIA - The Victoria Humane Society says two surrogate mother dogs have been found to share a litter of 11 golden retriever pups whose mother died during an emergency caesarean section. Society exe...

OTTAWA - An officer cadet facing expulsion from the Canadian Forces for desecrating a Qur’an is being allowed to continue his studies at the Royal Military College in Saint-Jean, Que., but anoth...

VANCOUVER - A bag of expensive wigs made from human hair has been found on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and police say the discovery is related to a recent theft of wigs meant for young cancer ...

A rash of cyberattacks on Ontario municipal governments in which hackers demand a ransom to unlock compromised systems has prompted the provincial police force to warn about what it describes as a rec...

MONTREAL - The Tax Court of Canada has ruled that a trip to outer space by billionaire Quebec businessman Guy Laliberte in 2009 was a taxable benefit. At issue was a $41.8-million price tag for a trip...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s community services minister has been asked to apologize to a young woman who was apparently left traumatized after two of her children were allegedly taken away mistakenl...

OTTAWA - Advocates for a Montreal man who is suing the federal government over his detention and treatment in Sudan are crying foul over what they are calling a new, unjustified delay in the case. Law...