Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Bernard Trepanier, a former political fundraiser in Montreal and a central figure during Quebec’s public inquiry into corruption in the construction sector, died Tuesday, his lawyer s...

OTTAWA - Canada’s police chiefs are urging Ottawa to beef up its fight against the scourge of opioids by more closely vetting people who import pill presses. In a resolution passed at its annual...

MONTREAL - Quebec strawberry and blueberry producers say this summer’s sweltering temperatures have affected their yields but that consumers likely won’t pay more for the fruit. And out in...

OTTAWA - The federal government will begin phasing out the outdoor use of nicotine-based pesticides beginning in 2021, part of an effort to stem the mysterious decline of honey bee colonies around the...

FREDERICTON - Friends and acquaintances of Matthew Raymond are offering varying memories of the accused murderer: A boy who retreated into video games, a pleasant supermarket co-worker, and an increas...

VICTORIA - An offer from Ontario to find a new home for a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald has been declined by the city of Victoria. Mayor Lisa Helps says the city is carefully storing the statue of C...

SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan woman says she lost a finger after her ring got caught on a waterslide at one of the largest malls in North America. Claire Clark was celebrating her granddaughter’s t...

VANCOUVER - Smoke from British Columbia wildfires blanketed part of western Canada from Vancouver Island to central Alberta on Tuesday, prompting air quality advisories in both provinces. While much o...

LANGLEY, B.C. - A Christian university in British Columbia will no longer require students to adhere to a covenant forbidding sex outside of heterosexual marriage. The board of governors at Trinity We...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Power says an oil leak at its Tufts Cove generating station involved 19,300 more litres of oil than originally disclosed. The utility had previously said that an oil leak was dis...