Category Archives: Canada

AIRDRIE, Alta. - A couple who offered to help with a promotion to fundraise for a paralyzed hockey player soon found themselves wearing too many hats. Jason and Sue Bissonnette were making baseball ca...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - In 1829, a uniquely important young woman died of tuberculosis in St. John’s. Shawnadithit was the last living member of the Beothuk - Newfoundland’s lost Indigeno...

QUEBEC - When Donald Trump boarded Air Force in Quebec and whisked his way to Singapore on Saturday, he left behind a stormy wake of mixed signals that bordered on rage. Hours after indicating he woul...

Critics are warning that a proposed bylaw targeting bullies in Whitehorse could lead to racial profiling and infringe on free expression rights. It’s a quandary that has plagued several jurisdic...

DELTA, B.C. - Jan Robson walks through the five-bedroom house on a country road in Delta, B.C., greeting its feathered tenants one by one. Simon and Garfunkel are about to move out - they’ve bee...

TORONTO - The nearly $9.8 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw was claimed by a single ticket sold in Quebec. And the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario...

Edmonton’s annual Pride parade ground to a halt for more than half an hour on Saturday, when demonstrators upset that police officers were allowed to march in the event blocked its route. The de...

QUEBEC - Several hundred people attended anti-G7 demonstrations in Quebec City on Saturday. Here are a few protesters describing why they chose to attend. “Despite all the nice words of the G7 h...

QUEBEC - Bernard Rioux remembers the months of planning among unions, anti-globalization activists and other progressives ahead of the 2001 Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, where tens of thousan...

VANCOUVER - The lawyer for the main complainant against Steven Galloway says she’s pleased the fired creative writing professor won’t be returning to his post. A labour arbitrator’s ...