Category Archives: Canada

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A man is dead after falling from the back of a pickup truck that had driven in a Canada Day parade in Abbotsford, B.C. Police say the man had been riding in the back of a Dodge Ram ...

BURNABY, B.C. - A British Columbia mother says her employer discriminated against her when it changed her shift without giving her enough time to find child care for her one-year-old son, forcing her ...

OTTAWA - A scorching heat wave has kept crowds on Parliament Hill smaller than usual for Canada Day festivities in the nation’s capital. Paramedics in Ottawa have been busy responding to holiday...

NANAIMO, B.C. - A large aluminum dragon sculpture that went missing from its perch in a Nanaimo, B.C., park has been found. Artist Heather Wall says in an email the dragon turned up in a library parki...

DILDO, N.L. - A recently opened brewery in Dildo, N.L. says it’s mostly eschewing lewd puns in naming four new beers, in spite of ample opportunity. The unusually named small town provided the D...

SHERBROOKE, Que. - The wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi is now a Canadian citizen. Ensaf Haidar and her three children took the oath of citizenship in a Canada Day ceremony on Sunday in Sherbr...

TORONTO - John Tavares spent a lot of Saturday walking the length of his pool - back and forth, back and forth - trying to make what felt like an impossible decision. He could stay with the New York I...

ROSETOWN, Sask. - A small Saskatchewan community is mourning the death of a former Humboldt Broncos player and his young family, who were among the six people who died in a car crash in southwestern S...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. - President Donald Trump says he’s delaying signing a revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement until after the midterms in hopes of reaching a better dea...

OTTAWA - As Canadians celebrated the country’s birthday on Sunday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on the road highlighting the stand he has taken against the U.S. government’s decision ...