Category Archives: Canada

VICTORIA - A ban on the practice of so-called conversion therapy in Vancouver sends a powerful message of rejection for controversial “pray the gay away” treatments, say advocates and expe...

TORONTO - After going unclaimed for several weeks, the $60 million dollar jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw was won by a single ticket sold in Quebec. The draw also offered 52 Maxmillion ...

SPRINGBROOK, Alta. - A Canadian Pacific Railway train has derailed near the Red Deer, Alta., airport. Blackfalds RCMP said they responded to a report of a seven-car train derailment along Highway 2A b...

VANCOUVER - The protection and understanding of underwater mountains near the islands of Haida Gwaii in British Columbia will be the focus of a new partnership and expedition involving four groups. Fi...

SAINT-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Que. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is banking on diplomacy with the United States to reduce the number of asylum seekers who enter Canada illegally. Scheer says the sol...

QUEBEC - The Trudeau government is planning to announce a $400-million investment on Saturday at the G7 summit to help send the world’s poorest girls to school, The Canadian Press has learned. T...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s police watchdog says it won’t lay charges against an RCMP officer accused of groping two female Mounties, because neither woman wanted criminal charges laid. Invest...

Celebrity chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain, who was found dead in France on Friday at the age of 61, filmed a number of episodes of his various shows in Canada over the past several years. Her...

TORONTO - The resounding defeat of Ontario’s Liberals in this week’s provincial election saw the party that previously held a majority slip below the number of seats required for official ...

VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia must pay novelist Steven Galloway $167,000 in damages for making statements that violated his privacy rights and harmed his reputation when it suspended ...