Category Archives: Canada

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick shuttered a large section of the Trans-Canada Highway Thursday night, and warned motorists to be on watch for wildlife seeking refuge, as floodwaters rose to record levels ...

MONTREAL - A Quebec mall says it is dropping a controversial decision to ban people under the age of 18 unless accompanied by a parent. Le Carrefour du Cap shopping centre, about halfway between Quebe...

Five stories in the news for Thursday, May 3 --- N.B. FLOODING: ‘THE WORST IS NOT OVER’ Emergency measures officials say flooding along the Saint John River in New Brunswick is expected to...

OTTAWA - The Canadian military has been getting heavier up top - and not in the muffin sort of way. New figures show the ranks of the Canadian Forces’ senior brass have been growing at a much fa...

VANCOUVER - A proposal that would give cities in British Columbia the power to zone land for rental housing could moderate the price of affected properties, experts say. Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moor...

EDMONTON - Whether to defund abortion could be debated this weekend at the founding policy convention of Alberta’s Opposition United Conservatives. Party leader Jason Kenney says the issue may n...

GATINEAU, Que. - An Indigenous woman who led a lengthy march in northern Manitoba to draw awareness to the scourge of crystal meth in her community tearfully confronted Indigenous Services Minister Ja...

VANCOUVER - Many Syrian refugees are struggling to find employment and afford life in Canada, but they are gradually settling in and still happy they came, advocates said. That’s the picture pai...

STIRLING, Alta. - A man in southern Alberta is facing charges after a woman’s two horses were sold to a slaughterhouse and processed without her knowledge. RCMP say the woman had been boarding h...

KELOWNA, B.C. - A man who admitted to killing a British Columbia gang leader in August 2011 has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for 18 years. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Allan Betton se...