Category Archives: Canada

EDMONTON - The Edmonton CFL franchise has changed its team name to Elks. The club made the announcement via livestream today. Edmonton dropped its longtime name, Eskimos, last year following a similar...

MONTREAL - Indigenous leaders are renewing their calls for the Quebec government to recognize systemic racism in the province's health-care system. Paul-mile Ottawa, chief of the Conseil des Atikamekw...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising municipal leaders federal backing and resources toward efforts to address the high cost of housing that he says is creating a crisis for young and m...

A retired Supreme Court justice is calling for significant changes to how the Canadian Armed Forces deals with allegations of sexual misconduct following a months-long review of Canada' military justi...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 10:50 a.m. Ontario is reporting 699 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths from the virus. The data is based on 20,262 tests. The pr...

OTTAWA - The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has exposed a fault line in the Green party, threatening political unity as lawmakers break from their leader and rank-and-file members clash with party staff...

OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is set to issue guidance today allowing for people who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as their first dose to get an mRNA vaccine for t...

CHARLOTTETOWN - City crews in Charlottetown have taken down a controversial statue of Canada's first prime minister. The action this morning follows Monday's vote by Charlottetown council to permanent...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy grew an annual rate of 5.6 per cent in the first quarter of the year. More coming. The Canadian Press

It will be a perfect summer for backyard barbecues and picnics in the park across much of Canada, according to predictions from one prominent national forecaster. But the warm, dry conditions that soc...