Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - Calling someone a junkie was once the norm, but many people who use illicit drugs and those who treat them say the word addict is just as stigmatizing. At the Crosstown Clinic, which provi...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $55 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. However, three of the draw’s Maxmillions prizes of $1 million dollars each were claimed b...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Invasive grass carp have reached three of the Great Lakes and pose a significant environmental risk there, but time remains to prevent them from getting out of hand, according t...

LIONS BAY, B.C. - A municipal politician in British Columbia has stepped down after it became public that she was suing her daughter for talking publicly about allegations her stepfather sexually abus...

MONTREAL - Three men convicted of stealing $18 million worth of maple syrup should face stiff penalties for their part in the scheme, the Crown said Friday during sentencing arguments. Prosecutor Juli...

SAANICH, B.C. - Police on Vancouver Island say a man acting “possibly out of frustration” over someone’s parking ended up in hospital Thursday evening after stabbing himself in the l...

GATINEAU, Que. - A Quebec man convicted of incest and sexual assault charges against two of his daughters was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison. Jacques Roger Lesage, 79, was found guilty by a ju...

OTTAWA - To listen to Justin Trudeau as he trekked across Western Canada this week, one might think nothing of huge significance had happened south of the border. But the world couldn’t look awa...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Jan. 27 --- GM ANNOUNCES LAYOFFS IN ONTARIO: Unifor says nearly one-quarter of the workers at the General Motors CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont., will be laid o...

OTTAWA - The public now has an extra two weeks to comment on a report on a nuclear-waste bunker proposed for near Lake Huron. The feedback deadline is now March 6. Groups opposed to the planned deep g...