Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Quebec-based convenience store chain Couche-Tard has decided to voluntarily pull an alcoholic beverage from its shelves. The company announced in a statement on Friday that it has asked its...

MONTREAL - Jacqueline Desmarais, a longtime supporter of Quebec’s arts scene and the widow of billionaire Paul Desmarais, has died at the age of 89. Her family announced her death in statement t...

MONTREAL - The national office of the Bloc Quebecois threw its support behind its leader on Saturday, days after seven of the party’s 10 members of Parliament quit the caucus over Martine Ouelle...

MONTREAL - David Saint-Jacques is two-thirds of the way through his training ahead of his flight to the International Space Station in November, the Canadian astronaut said Saturday. Saint-Jacques, wh...

REGINA - Saskatchewan’s NDP has chosen Ryan Meili to be its new leader, who the party hopes will enable it to topple a weakened government that’s held power for more than a decade. Meili, ...

LOWER SACKVILLE, N.S. - A man and a child are dead and two others are injured after an early-morning house fire in the Halifax area, police said on Saturday. Police said a 58-year-old man and 11-year-...

FREDERICTON - There’s growing momentum in a push by friends and fans of Willie O’Ree to have the groundbreaking hockey player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In January, ceremonies ...

MONTREAL - Assil Bedewi loves the complex task of directing the movements of the dozens of aircraft that criss-cross her screen as they take off or come in for landing. As an air traffic controller fo...

FREDERICTON - There’s growing momentum in a push by friends and fans of Willie O’Ree to have the groundbreaking hockey player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In January, ceremonies ...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $23 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Mar. 9 will grow to approximately $32 million. The Canadian Pr...