Category Archives: Canada

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Premier Dwight Ball says he wants answers about what happened last week when people had to be swiftly airlifted out of Mud Lake, N.L., as the Churchill River suddenly rose dow...

VICTORIA - British Columbia entered a new stage of political uncertainty Wednesday as the final vote count from an election held more than two weeks ago confirmed the province’s first minority g...

CALGARY - Alberta’s child and youth advocate says the suicide of a 15-year-old indigenous boy reinforces how crucial it is that the voices of children in provincial care be heard. A report by De...

MONCTON, N.B. - Obtaining carbine rifles was a top priority for the RCMP three years before a shooting rampage in Moncton, N.B., but there were a number of elements to consider before front line offic...

MONTREAL - The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says an injured dog found buried alive on Montreal’s South Shore has died. The Monteregie SPCA said in a Facebook post that the do...

OTTAWA - The federal government has been using a secret weapon to fight back against pressure from NATO and some allies like the United States to increase Canadian defence spending. The weapon? New ma...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A new medical report has found that 35 people who worked at mining properties in Labrador have signs of silicosis, a lung disease that can develop from breathing in silica dus...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Tories and NDP have pinpointed health care as the Liberals’ Achilles heel as the election campaign enters its final days, hoping to convince voters it is in crisis ...

TORONTO - Two women who endured years of sexual harassment as RCMP employees expressed mixed emotions as a landmark class-action suit against the force edged Wednesday toward final court approval. Spe...

OTTAWA - The federal government is pouring more money into the bug-addled Phoenix payroll system in hopes of getting closer to solving the ongoing boondoggle - and it’s blaming the previous Cons...