Category Archives: Canada

MONCTON, N.B. - An expert in tactical operations said emergency response teams were “confused” when they arrived on the scene of a 2014 shooting rampage in Moncton, N.B., and did not feel ...

TORONTO - If Tina Martino couldn’t receive a call from her son this mother’s day, word that his body was finally being returned home for a proper burial was the next best thing. Martino le...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - North America’s longest subsea electricity cable has been connected between the island of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, Halifax-based Emera Inc. confirmed Tuesday. The 1...

TORONTO - Canada’s system of detaining some foreigners who cannot be readily deported may not be perfect but it is fair and constitutional, a government lawyer argued on Tuesday. As such, he arg...

HALIFAX - Inappropriate, sexist and homophobic language left lingering on the Internet has been exacting a toll on the list of political hopefuls in Nova Scotia’s election, with a third candidat...

MONTREAL - Universite de Montreal is monitoring its IT network after about 120 of the school’s computers were infected with the same cyberattack that hit computers around the world. University s...

WINNIPEG - Age-related arthritis has led to a long-standing resident of Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park Zoo being euthanized. Zoo officials confirmed Monday in a Facebook posting that Kendra, a matr...

OTTAWA - Airlines won’t be allowed to bump passengers from a flight against their will under a new passenger bill of rights introduced Tuesday by Transportation Minister Marc Garneau. That chang...

OTTAWA - Canada's top accountant is calling on the federal government to kick start much-needed improvements to airports in Canada's remote north. In his spring report to Parliament, auditor general M...

OTTAWA - It’s nearly impossible to tell if the government is meeting a promise to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies because it won’t provide the necessary information, the audito...