Category Archives: Canada

AJAX, Ont. - The federal government says a small earthquake lightly shook the ground in part of southern Ontario yesterday afternoon. Earthquakes Canada says the quake took place shortly before 5:30 p...

OTTAWA - Mobile phones in Atlantic Canada buzzed and squealed Wednesday as more tests were conducted on Canada's new emergency alert system, but glitches appeared to continue in Western Canada, where ...

TORONTO - The first day of Ontario’s election campaign saw the Liberal premier venture into the heart of Doug Ford’s suburban territory to squarely take aim at her Tory rival, while he tri...

TORONTO - Ontario teachers found guilty of sexually touching a student will now automatically lose their licence. The provincial government has amended the legislation that regulates teachers, broaden...

HALIFAX - A 15-year-old girl is facing a charge of attempted murder after a Halifax police officer was stabbed while responding to a report of a stolen truck. The girl and a 15-year-old boy allegedly ...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Jill Oland’s house in upscale Rothesay, N.B., is dry, but her family is staying elsewhere: Her street is cut off and she doesn’t want her children crossing through poten...

CORNER BROOK, N.L. - A lovestruck Michigan teen’s daunting Twitter bid to snag free airline tickets to see his Newfoundland girlfriend has been given new life. C.J. Poirier’s bid for 530,0...

OTTAWA - The federal government still intends to do away with subsidies to fossil fuel companies, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Wednesday - even as Ottawa prepares to put cash on the tab...

Six stories in the news for Wednesday, May 9 --- CANADA TO APOLOGIZE FOR REJECTING JEWISH REFUGEE SHIP Canada will formally apologize for turning away a boat full of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germa...

OTTAWA - Canada’s former religious freedom ambassador says the Trudeau government is displaying “totalitarian” tendencies with its controversial changes to the student summer jobs pr...