Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - Three groups that were once labelled enemies of the province by a British Columbia premier have been given an international award for their work in helping to protect the Great Bear Rainfo...

OTTAWA - Nunavut officials are questioning whether researchers who found HMS Terror had proper authorization to search for the doomed Franklin Expedition ship, prompting the explorers to wonder if the...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man says he expected he would get a call someday about the death of his 99-year-old mother - but not one that would turn out to be a mistake. Dan Nemis says his mother, Sophie, w...

CALGARY - A unit that reviews police actions in Alberta is alleging that officers broke a man’s ribs and caused his lung to collapse and lied about him resisting arrest. Susan Hughson of the Alb...

OTTAWA - Despite having originally denied their existence, the federal Indigenous Affairs Department said Wednesday it will give the parliamentary budget office a collection of documents relevant to F...

OTTAWA - Canada has joined dozens of other countries in calling for clearer rules around the sale and use of armed drones, even as the government debates whether the military should acquire such weapo...

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal’s push to ban new pit bulls suffered another setback Wednesday when a judge ruled parts of its legislation can’t be introduced until a court hearing is held...

LAMEQUE, N.B. - Animal rescue crews are considering other plans after another failed attempt to herd six stranded dolphins out of a shallow waterway in northern New Brunswick. Federal fisheries depart...

HALIFAX - Despite its brawn and fury, hurricane Matthew no longer poses much of a threat to Canada’s East Coast, the Canadian Hurricane Centre said Wednesday after it dropped a tropical cyclone ...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Judicial Council wants more flexibility when it comes to deciding how a federally appointed judge should be disciplined for misconduct. “At the present time, the only true ...