Category Archives: Canada

SPRINGWATER, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police say they believe a tortoise and a gibbon stolen from a central Ontario zoo a week ago are probably in Quebec. Sgt. Peter Leon says the OPP are working wit...

WINNIPEG - Anthony Faraci stood in his food truck mixing together a special family recipe that shaped the snacking world in the 1960s. His great-uncle Paul Faraci is credited with inventing Pizza Pops...

CALGARY - Traditional corn dogs and deep-fried doughnuts are still on the menu but Calgary Stampede organizers say they’re being joined by giant squid on a stick, cheesy chicken hearts and even ...

SURREY, B.C. - Two teenagers, just 16 and 17 years old, appear to be the latest victims of targeted shootings in Metro Vancouver, say police. The young men’s bodies were found in a rural area of...

FREDERICTON - Rainbow crosswalks will be allowed in New Brunswick municipalities after all. Francophone municipalities were sent a letter that said the colourful crosswalks - to celebrate the LGBTQ co...

TORONTO - Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne says it’s “a healthy thing” that one of her candidates is planning a bid for her job as party leader if elected. Wynne admitted over the week...

KELOWNA, B.C. - An afternoon drive turned into a “devastating” experience for a woman and her son when she says human feces fell from the sky and into her eyes through the open sunroof of ...

MONTREAL - Fines have kicked in for Montreal merchants who give customers thin plastic bags. The ban was implemented on Jan. 1 but retailers were given a five-month grace period. The measure covers th...

OTTAWA - A preservation society is blasting the redesign of an addition to Ottawa’s stately Chateau Laurier hotel as “heritage vandalism,” but the lead architect on the project says ...

OTTAWA - The federal government is close to a deal with Davie Shipbuilding that would see the Quebec shipyard provide several used icebreakers to bolster the Canadian Coast Guard’s own aging fle...