Category Archives: Canada

True or false: Canada’s history is rife with colourful anecdotes and fun facts that a majority of residents simply don’t know about. True, of course, at least according to a poll released ...

PHILADELPHIA - The steady footsteps heard coming from the physiotherapy room at Philadelphia’s Shriners hospital belong to paralyzed Humboldt Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki. “It&...

VANCOUVER - Money-laundering operations in casinos have been tied to British Columbia’s opioid overdose crisis and the real-estate market, the attorney general said Wednesday as he released an i...

CALGARY - The Alberta Wheat Commission says South Korea has resumed imports of Canadian wheat after suspending trade last week due to concerns about a small number of genetically modified plants. Earl...

COLLINGWOOD, Ont. - A mother and her daughter are dead following an apparent drowning at a resort swimming pool north of Toronto. Ontario provincial police Const. Martin Hachey says officers were call...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Canadian crooner Michael Buble will be getting his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year. The singer from Burnaby, British Columbia, is one of the entertainers named by ...

MONTREAL - About 75 protesters shouted “shame” to evening diners on Tuesday at a sunny terrasse outside a downtown theatre that was hosting a show directed by a white man, featuring a whit...

HALIFAX - A police constable in Halifax has been charged with sexual assault after a month-long investigation. Halifax Regional Police confirmed that 35-year old Const. Pierre-Paul Cadieux was arreste...

VANCOUVER - The SPCA is investigating an egg farm and a chicken-catching service in British Columbia following reports of alleged neglect and cruelty. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has r...

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba teenager who took part in a fatal beating that was filmed and shared online has told the victim’s mother she will never be at peace with herself. “I cannot imagine ho...