Category Archives: Canada

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Irving Oil is expanding its reach with agreements to acquire an Irish-based energy marketing and distribution group of companies. The New Brunswick-based Irving said Tuesday it has ...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s Liberal government got some good pre-election news today: The auditor general says the province actually had a surplus last year. Audited financial statements, rele...

TORONTO - Wednesday marks one month since a gunman went on a shooting rampage on a bustling street in Toronto’s Greektown, leaving two dead and 13 injured. Yet for these survivors, the trauma re...

OTTAWA - Six months after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s foreign policy prowess was pummelled by a disorganized state visit to India, his chief opponent is heading to New Delhi to try to “...

TORONTO - The Toronto Zoo is celebrating the birth of a rare and endangered pygmy hippopotamus. Kindia, a 12-year-old female, gave birth to a female calf late Friday night. The zoo says the species is...

Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Aug. 21 --- FEDS TO UNVEIL ANTI-POVERTY PLAN TODAY A new plan to help low-income Canadians will set a lofty goal of lifting more than two million people past the p...

HALIFAX - A new review of Nova Scotia’s forestry practices is calling for fundamental changes to the way trees are harvested in the province. The report by University of Kings College president ...

VANCOUVER - Yousif Attia wasn’t exactly a typical teenager. He had always been fascinated by birds, and he wanted to participate in a local Christmas bird count - an annual event where people ac...

TORONTO - The Ontario Cannabis Store says it has partnered with 26 licensed producers for its online retail platform. The store, which will be Ontario’s only online retailer when recreational ma...

VANCOUVER - Thick smoke blanketing British Columbia communities far from any flames - including Vancouver where the haze Monday obscured the city’s mountain views - could be particularly harmful...