Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - Starbucks stores and offices across Canada will close for part of an afternoon next month to provide training about creating a “culture of warmth and belonging.” The announcement...

MONTREAL - A Montreal couple acquitted on the majority of terrorism-related charges they were facing agreed Friday to a peace bond with strict conditions that include remaining in Canada and staying o...

MONTREAL - Amir Khadir, a staunch anti-capitalist member of the Quebec legislature who was never at a loss for strong words against his political opponents, announced Friday he won’t seek re-ele...

OTTAWA - A doctor who worked with the University of Ottawa’s health services team is facing more than 80 new charges in a sexual assault investigation and police say there may be more alleged vi...

MIRAMICHI, N.B. - The federal government is trying to hit the reset button on its two-year-old bid to repair and replace the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system. Federal cabinet minister Carla Qualtrou...

A prominent member of the Scottish parliament is taking up the cause of a young Nova Scotia woman and the Scottish island school that wants her to be its Gaelic teacher. Sine Halfpenny of Antigonish, ...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s capital is shifting to clean-up mode after extreme flooding, even as downstream communities including the industrial hub of Saint John prepare for unprecedented flo...

HALIFAX - Female singer-songwriters reigned at this year’s East Coast Music Awards gala Thursday, including a P.E.I. artist rewarded for an intimate music video detailing her heartbreaking story...

OTTAWA - Health Canada says a company in Newfoundland and Labrador is voluntarily recalling a product called Magnetic Putty because of high levels of arsenic and small magnets that could be swallowed....

OTTAWA - Rideau Hall is conducting a sweeping review of all the events and organizations the Governor General has supported, in some cases for decades, to determine which will remain tied to the Crown...