Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - Ontario’s first Green Party legislator has been sworn in at Queen’s Park, promising to help change the culture of politics in the province. Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner, 49,...

The World Trade Organization has ruled largely in favour of Canada in a dispute with the United States over duties on glossy paper. The WTO said Thursday it found the U.S. Department of Commerce acted...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia anti-cyberbullying law that was inspired by the death of Rehtaeh Parsons has been redrafted and is now in force, giving a team of investigators a fresh mandate to stop people p...

CALGARY - It was a clothes call for Calgary police on Wednesday when a report came in about a naked man driving a Canada Post truck. Duty Insp. Ryan Jepson says officers were told just before 5 p.m. a...

CALGARY - Soaring gasoline prices in Calgary and Edmonton have pushed the national average to a five-year high, according to an online price monitoring firm. Dan McTeague of GasBuddy.com says the nati...

TORONTO - Two of Canada’s biggest internet providers have slashed prices by about 45 per cent in the Toronto area for their most advanced offerings, but industry observers say such skirmishes ar...

MONTREAL - The steamy conditions that have prevailed in Central and Eastern Canada for several days have contributed to 33 deaths in Quebec, health officials said Thursday. The number includes 18 in M...

Tree canopies are a hallmark of the suburban tranquility in Montreal’s western environs, but some residents say the ear-splitting roar of a gardening tool used to maintain their foliage is causi...

TORONTO - Undeterred by a ban on edibles in Canada’s initial rollout of legal recreational marijuana, food companies have found a way to cash in on the buzz by catering to post-consumption cravi...

TORONTO - Investigators clung to the steep edge of a ravine on Thursday, some on their hands and knees, as they scraped through heaps of dirt and brush searching for more human remains near a home in ...