Category Archives: Canada

REGINA - The ground is so dry and deeply cracked on Todd Lewis’s farm in southern Saskatchewan that he says if a wrench is dropped down one of the crevasses, “we’ll never find it....

CALGARY - From avoiding burned out workers to ensuring washrooms have enough toilet paper, documents show how Parks Canada painstakingly prepared for a record number of visitors this year. To celebrat...

DUNCAN, B.C. - In a tree-nestled First Nation community on Vancouver Island, forestry and farming used to be the major industries that kept the economy humming and put food on families’ tables. ...

TORONTO - There is no winning ticket for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket sold in Ontario. The jackpot ...

MONTREAL - Venezuelan-Canadians who are scrambling to help their family and friends are asking Canadians to take notice of the escalating political and humanitarian crisis in their homeland. Alessandr...

VANCOUVER - Poor air quality persists throughout the southern half of British Columbia as tinder-dry conditions continue to fuel wildfires. Dr. Bonnie Henry, deputy provincial health officer, said the...

LANGLEY, B.C. - A grass fire in Metro Vancouver led emergency crews to discover a person’s body. Firefighters in Langley, B.C., were fighting a blaze on the eastern edge of the city less than th...

HALIFAX - The Halifax Chronicle Herald and the union representing the paper’s striking newsroom workers have reached a tentative agreement in their 18-month-old labour dispute. The Saltwire Netw...

MONTREAL - Forty-one years after it first welcomed the world for the 1976 Games, Montreal’s Olympic Stadium has been asked to throw open its doors once again. The cavernous stadium, which is mor...

TERREBONNE, Que. - A 44-year-old Quebec man is facing a murder charge in connection with a fatal seniors’ home fire that left a 94-year-old woman dead last month. Quebec provincial police say Al...