Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney died on Feb. 29, in Palm Beach, Fla., at the age of 84. He was first elected in 1984 following the largest majority mandate in Canada's history, and was r...

VANCOUVER - Patrons at the West Vancouver Memorial Library are abuzz over a loan program of mason bees that come with their own "bungalow." The bee program is a bid to educate people about the need fo...

Anyone who spends even a moderate amount of time online has likely come across social media posts falsely claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are harmful to human health. Among the most widely debunked cl...

SURREY, B.C. - Police say a Canadian gang leader who escaped to Puerto Rico and posed as a businessman has been returned to Canada to face trial for his alleged role in a 2009 homicide in Vancouver. B...

The international body that regulates shipping is approving new environmental protections for the Canadian Arctic. The International Maritime Organization says it will tighten restrictions around fuel...

Canadians are wishing the Princess of Wales a speedy recovery after she announced she has cancer. Kate says in a video that she has been diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer and is undergoing ...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Fish harvesters who protested outside the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature this week have struck a deal with the provincial fisheries minister and ended their demonstration. Jo...

WINNIPEG - The families of two slain First Nations women are expected to provide an update in their push to get governments to fund a search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the women's remains. The As...

OTTAWA - Veterans and advocates say ending the military's jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute sex crimes is the wrong move. Defence Minister Bill Blair has introduced changes to the National Def...

OTTAWA - Environmental experts on toxic chemicals say it's well past time for Ottawa to protect Canadians from a whole class of substances known as "forever chemicals." That is the term used to descri...