Category Archives: Canada

All provinces and territories face the prospect of some form of carbon pricing by 2018. Here are five things to know: Why a carbon price? Putting a price on carbon is meant to give people and companie...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has launched a video campaign on sexual violence that features animated birds and bees discussing consent and other issues at a house party. The campaign - entitled Sexual Violen...

MONTREAL - What does a $37.5-million lottery windfall get you? Canada’s latest multimillionaires are going to start with a new computer and a pair of new shoes. Loto-Quebec unveiled the winners ...

VANCOUVER - Aboriginal girls are the victims of sexual violence more than twice as often as other girls in care of the British Columbia government, a “disturbing” new report finds. The rep...

SCUGOG, Ont. - A 25-year-old Ontario man is recovering after running himself over with a car. Durham regional police say the incident occurred Saturday evening in Scugog Township, northeast of Toronto...

OTTAWA - British Columbia gave its blessing Tuesday to enhancing the Canada Pension Plan, a critical vote of support that opens the door for Ottawa to gradually increase contributions and benefits for...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The commander of the national cadet program says guidebooks for prospective recruits that referred to girls’ breasts as “developing bits” have been removed f...

TORONTO - How do exotic animals go from living in the wild to sitting in a cage or tank in someone’s living room halfway around the world? Rosemary Collard, an assistant professor of geography a...

TORONTO - Wildlife is now the fourth largest illegal trade globally after drugs, counterfeit money and human trafficking, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Here are a few cases where Canadians fac...

BURLINGTON, Ont. - Officers had been watching the shore of the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall, Ont., from outside a nearby church for most of the day when the boat carrying the contraband finally ar...