Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Every day, an estimated 2.4 million Canadian potatoes are thrown in the trash. That’s along with 1.2 million apples, one million cups of milk, 750,000 loaves of bread and 450,000 eggs...

OTTAWA - Sunny ways? Not so much at Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s historic home. The small structure north of Montreal has seen a sharp decline in attendance, to 623 visitors in 2016 from about 2,600 in...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The famous “whale man of Newfoundland” is being remembered in a new play opening in St. John’s this week. “Between Breaths” follows scientist Jon...

Montreal health authorities now say 53 deaths in the city may be attributable to a heat wave earlier this month. The new number could mean as many as 89 Quebecers died as a result of heat-related comp...

WINNIPEG - For decades, Winnipeg residents have debated the idea of allowing pedestrians to once again cross a downtown intersection many consider iconic. This fall, they may be able to vote on it. Ma...

VANCOUVER - Indigenous and civil rights groups complain that the Vancouver Police Department should not be responsible for investigating itself over the issue of significant racial disparity in the de...

BURNABY, B.C. - One year after 13-year-old Marrisa Shen was murdered in Burnaby, B.C., police insist they haven’t given up on the case and her family is pleading for the public’s help find...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. offered a glimpse inside one of its coming cannabis stores Wednesday, showcasing a unique retail hybrid not likely found anywhere else in the world. NSLC preside...

ST. PAUL, Alta. - It was a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious find. A first-edition hardcover book of “Mary Poppins,” published in 1934, is back in an Alberta public library after 40 years...

SHERBROOKE, Que. - Quebec says it will spend about $8 million over five years to fight invasive plant species. Today’s announcement comes just a few days after a coalition of groups called on Qu...