Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling for spending cuts and waste reduction in the coming federal budget to unleash the economy and create jobs. The Tories say reckle...

OTTAWA - If the novel coronavirus spreads to the North, Inuit communities in Canada and elsewhere in the Arctic are at a much higher risk of exposure because of a chronic lack of basic infrastruc...

The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern):   5:37 p.m. The Ontario Ministry of Health says two more people have tested positive for the novel co...

LACHUTE, Que. - A Quebec teen who was the victim of a brutal slaying last week was remembered by family and friends on Friday as a helpful, compassionate and energetic force. Hundreds of people t...

TORONTO - Denying drug-addicted prisoners access to clean syringes deprives them of essential health care, which is a violation of their constitutional rights, an Ontario court hea...

TORONTO - Tim Hortons and McDonald's Canada are the latest coffee purveyors to stop accepting reusable mugs brought in by customers amid concerns about the novel coronavirus outbreak. "We will continu...

TORONTO - Tim Hortons says it is getting rid of Roll Up The Rim cups due to the novel coronavirus and is moving much of the annual contest to its app. The coffee-and-doughnut chain is removing al...

EDMONTON - Alberta's top medical official has announced two new presumptive cases of the novel coronavirus in the province. Alberta is now dealing with a total of three presumptive cases and one confi...

The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern):   11:27 a.m. Alberta's top medical official announced two new presumptive cases of the novel coronavi...

TORONTO - A 14-year-old boy abducted from a Toronto street as payback for his stepbrother's alleged criminal activity has been safely reunited with his family, the city's police chief said Friday as h...