Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Quebec’s premier is quick to reject “dirty” oil from Western Canada in favour of hydro power, but new data indicate the province’s citizens are buying record amounts...

VANCOUVER - Nicola Froese says she has always loved playing sports, but hockey was never on her radar because there are so many upfront costs to just trying it out. That changed last week, when the Va...

OTTAWA - Warning against the “dangers of populism,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says using immigration as a wedge political issue puts Canada’s future at risk. During a wide-rangin...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there will be no early election call. In a roundtable interview with The Canadian Press, Trudeau says he is happy to rule out the prospect of a snap ballot,...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador’s ambitious plans to dramatically expand the province’s lucrative offshore oil and gas industry got a nasty jolt on Nov. 16. Amid a fierc...

HALIFAX - Much to the relief of his loving family, Baloo the cat came back - just not the very next day - after being mistakenly shipped 1,200 kilometres away. “There’s been lots of treats...

CAMROSE, Alta. - A peanut-and-chocolate candy popular decades ago has been flying off shelves since an Alberta couple revived it earlier this year. The Cuban Lunch bar disappeared in 1991 when the Pau...

TORONTO - There were two winning tickets for the $16 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. One was sold in Ontario, the other in the Prairies, and each is worth just over $7.9 mill...

CHARLOTTETOWN - The case of a P.E.I. woman accused of causing the death of two infants, placing their bodies in bags and dumping them in a waste bin has been adjourned until next month. Shannon Dawn R...

VANCOUVER - Kevin Yake remembers the overwhelming relief of saving the life of a young man who’d overdosed on fentanyl-laced heroin, and he’s grateful he knew what to do. “I think ab...