Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Canada Post and its largest union have reached a tentative settlement, averting the prospect of job action this week at the postal service. The tentative agreements must still be ratified by ...

NORWAY HOUSE, Man. - When Ron Evans was 17, he worked as a driver shuttling staff home after their shifts at the Norway House Indian Hospital in northern Manitoba. He’s now racking his brain try...

OTTAWA - Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk says Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have reached tentative agreements, averting the prospect of a labour dispute that has loomed over th...

SMITHERS, B.C. - On a lonely stretch of pavement in Smithers, B.C., a black-and-white sign cautions passersby: “The end is near.” But rather than warn of impending doomsday, the sign liter...

REGINA - Researchers at the University of Regina say there’s a such a mishmash of programs aimed at helping first responders cope with stress that it’s tough to know if any are working. Th...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man accused of sending letter bombs in the mail, including one that cost a lawyer her hand, has fired his lawyer. Guido Amsel, who faces five counts of attempted murder, told cou...

WINNIPEG - Ontario’s chief forensic pathologist says there’s no way to determine the cause of death for six infants whose remains were found in a storage locker, but the babies were certai...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - A police spokesman in the Dominican Republic says a 15-year-old girl has been arrested in the slaying of a Canadian man living in the Caribbean country. Nelson Rosa...

CALGARY - The head of an oilfield services lobby group says if Ottawa won’t give the industry money to clean up dormant oilwells, a loan would work just as well. Mark Salkeld, CEO of the Petrole...

TORONTO - A man accused of strangling his mother and killing two of his brothers using a crossbow bolt and arrowhead had been treated for depression while serving a sentence for multiple bank robberie...