Category Archives: Canada

FREDERICTON - Eastern Canadian premiers are stressing the need to make Canada’s case on cross-border trade at every opportunity in the Donald Trump era. The eastern premiers - including Quebec&#...

When Karen Green sends her two daughters, aged nine and 12, back to school in September, she knows she’ll have to contend with their school’s dress code. The rules prohibit tops with strap...

MONTREAL - Following the Parti Quebecois’ first election victory in November 1976, editorial cartoonist Terry Mosher drew premier-designate Rene Levesque, his right hand stretching out holding a...

HALIFAX - If you’re looking for thousands of lightly used rubber ducks, you’re in luck - a Halifax man has a deal for you. David Hayes is offering a floatable flock on Kijiji for $1,400. &...

KELOWNA, B.C. - Officials say they were making progress Friday on a wildfire that was burning out of control east of Kelowna, B.C. The Central Okanagan Regional District says the fire charred just und...

HALIFAX - Although Hurricane Harvey isn’t expected to have much of an impact on Canada, forecasters are warning of another potentially powerful storm that could blow through eastern parts of the...

CALGARY - Where some see only a jumble of rusted pipes and black tanks jutting from a weed-infested yard in a prairie grain field, Tyler Visscher sees opportunity. The 31-year-old Red Deer, Alta., ele...

PORTLAND, Maine - Fearing an existential threat to one of the largest mammals in the sea, the United States government has launched an investigation into a string of deaths of endangered North Atlanti...

Six stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 25 --- WILDFIRE FORCES MORE EVACUATIONS IN B.C. An evacuation order affecting about 1,100 people living east of Kelowna, B.C., is in effect because of a nearby...

OTTAWA - Even debt-free Canadians could eventually feel a pinch from someone else’s maxed-out credit cards, suggests research presented to senior officials at the federal housing agency. Canada ...