Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named a civil engineer who grew up in Haiti as the next senator from Quebec. Suze Youance will sit as an independent in the upper chamber. She immigrated to ...

A new rapid analysis says climate change made August heat waves over some of Canada's most northern - and rapidly warming - regions at least 10 times more likely. Environment and Climate Change Canada...

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A giant skull from a rare dinosaur that's about the size of a baby elephant is being excavated in northern Alberta. Emily Bamforth, the paleontologist leading the excavation, s...

OTTAWA - The Crown has lost a bid to have several current and former security officials testify behind closed doors in the lawsuit of a Montreal man who was detained in Sudan. Federal Court Justice Pa...

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is promising to rapidly change a bylaw to protect entertainment venues and bars from noise complaints, after a court ordered a beloved music hall to pipe down. In a dec...

RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board says a helicopter pilot killed in a crash in British Columbia almost two years ago was sick in the days leading up to the accident and reported "shiver...

MONTREAL - A high-ranking Montreal police officer says racism is a "cancer eating away at the organization" in a resignation letter marking the end of his 30-year career with the force. Cmdr. Patrice ...

QUBEC - Quebec's opposition parties are denouncing the $6.5-million subsidy granted by the provincial government to the Presidents Cup golf tournament taking place in the Montreal area this week. The ...

Canada's wildfire season is on track to be the second largest in at least the last two decades, trailing only last year's record-breaking season. Federal officials say above-normal temperatures and dr...

OTTAWA - At least two Canadians have died in the escalating violence in Lebanon, as Israeli strikes kill Hezbollah militants along with civilians and children. Global Affairs Canada says it is aware o...