Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth for alleged sexual abuse involving clergy that dates back decades. The proposed suit...

Six stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 3 --- TRUDEAU LIBERALS SCALE BACK CARBON TAX The federal government is scaling back its carbon pricing plan for heavy industrial emitters in a bid to cut green...

HALIFAX - About 5,000 litres of oil that spilled into Halifax harbour from a Nova Scotia Power generating station has now been contained. The utility confirmed the amount spilled late Friday, saying i...

UNION BAY, B.C. - Anna Stady has never met a bear she didn’t like, but that doesn’t mean she wants one in her kitchen. The 95-year-old Vancouver Island woman says she shooed a black bear o...

Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources says firefighters “continue to make excellent progress” in tackling a massive forest fire known as Parry Sound 33 in the province’s nort...

TORONTO - Canadian researchers say cooking oil may be the key to helping prevent the spread of foodborne bacteria such as salmonella, listeria and E. coli. They say many foods produced on an industria...

MONTREAL - The agency that represents a Quebec model known for his head-to-toe tattoos and his participation in Lady Gaga music video “Born This Way” says he has died. Dulcedo Management c...

COMOX, B.C. - Fisheries and Oceans Canada is asking all vessels to stay out of Comox Harbour unless absolutely necessary while a lone killer whale continues to hang out in the area. The male transient...

MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - Two high-end sports cars have been impounded for a week and their drivers issued tickets after police in Metro Vancouver say they recorded the vehicles going almost 50 kilometres a...

TORONTO - They may not have had their day in court, but the actresses who sued the Soulpepper Theatre Company and one of its co-founders over sexual harassment allegations succeeded in changing the co...