Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The Mounties have reached an agreement with China to try and halt the transpacific flow of fentanyl into Canada. RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson and Chen Zhimin, the vice-minister of China̵...

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership hopeful Kellie Leitch is proposing to scrap the CBC if she manages to reach the Prime Minister’s Office. Leitch, whose leadership campaign made headlines when sh...

LUNENBURG, N.S. - Work is underway to replace the heavy steel rudder on the Bluenose II, as the iconic schooner’s problem-plagued restoration finally appears headed toward a conclusion. Transpor...

HALIFAX - Ten Nova Scotia doctors are being investigated for irregularities in their prescribing practices for highly addictive opioids, as a monitoring system documents over 5,000 patients receiving ...

Shayla Bastarache was looking for a hairless, sphynx cat and thought she had found a good deal last month on Kijiji. A woman was selling sphynx kittens for $650 - less than half the cost from a breede...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq chiefs have accepted an apology from Premier Stephen McNeil for a controversial government legal brief that implied members of a First Nation band are a conquered p...

MONCTON, N.B. - Some of Canada’s most notorious dope-smoking louts will be brand ambassadors for a New Brunswick marijuana producer. OrganiGram Holdings Inc. (TSX:OGI) says TV’s Trailer Pa...

MONROVIA, Liberia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in the midst of a two-day visit to Liberia. Here are some facts about his visit and the country: - Trudeau says Canada will provide $10 million ove...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has introduced Bill C-33, which will undo some of the measures brought in by the previous government in its controversial Fair Elections Act. Here’s a looked at t...

OTTAWA - Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod says the provinces and territories are pushing to make health-care spending a priority when they sit down next month with Prime Minister Justin Trudea...