Category Archives: Canada

A new report says shelters are not designed to the meet the physical or mental health needs of the growing number of older adults who are homeless. Lead author Dr. Jillian Alston says people who exper...

MONTREAL - Correctional Service Canada says an inmate has been injured in what it's calling a major assault at the Port-Cartier Institution located on Quebec's north shore. The federal agency says the...

Ramped-up intelligence sharing among police forces and a working group involving all levels of government are among the measures Ottawa unveiled Monday as part of a broader national strategy to combat...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - A wildfire that forced thousands of people to evacuate several Fort McMurray neighbourhoods last week is no longer classified as out-of-control. Alberta Wildfire says the blaze,...

As we enter another wildfire season, Environment and Climate Change Canada is advising people to pay attention to air pollution levels and check the Air Quality Health Index - especially on smoky days...

Last year's record-breaking wildfire season forced Canadians to become familiar with the scale of air pollution as hazardous smoke drifted across the country. Environment Canada's colour-coded Air Qua...

TORONTO - The Prime Minister's Office has announced a federal byelection will be held in the Ontario riding of Toronto-St. Paul's on June 24 to fill the seat left vacant by longtime Liberal cabinet mi...

MONTREAL - A 55-year-old woman is dead and her former partner is facing charges in what police say is Montreal's 13th homicide of the year. Police were called Saturday evening to an apartment in the V...

OTTAWA - As Canada's strategy for supporting Rohingya people expires, advocates are calling for a rethink of how Ottawa is trying to limit suffering in refugee camps in Bangladesh, and to rout the mil...

TORONTO - It was early May and wildfire season had already started to rage in Western Canada when seven people settled into a monthly support-group meeting over Zoom. The facilitator, Toronto-based Ka...