Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - A new Quebec law came into effect Sunday aimed at protecting consumers against products intentionally designed with shorter lifespans while ensuring they have the information needed to repa...

Global Affairs Canada says it is aware that two Canadian citizens have been detained in Israel following their involvement in a flotilla to Gaza. The Global Sumud Flotilla is a pro-Palestinian fleet o...

VICTORIA - Engineer Jashan Bains is the first to spot a black dorsal fin cutting through the water. "Whale, one o'clock," he says. It's a September morning on board the Hecate Sentinel, a 20-metre lon...

OTTAWA - A century and a half ago, it had only six judges, no permanent home and a less than onerous workload. The Supreme Court of Canada is tracing its storied history, and somewhat humble beginning...

EDGEWOOD, B.C. - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says an ostrich that was part of a B.C. flock that was recently issued a last-minute stay of a cull order by the Supreme Court of Canada has died. ...

MONTREAL - Shirley Pien spends a lot of time in Cabot Square, a park in downtown Montreal where many homeless people gather. The woman works as health navigator for an Indigenous-led health clinic in ...

The union representing Canada Post workers says the Crown corporation is "making a mockery of the collective bargaining process" with its latest contract offers. In a statement released Friday, the un...

ST. JOHN'S - Residents of a small but busy community in eastern Newfoundland reelected its all-women council this week with a near-perfect voter turnout. The few eligible voters who didn't cast a ball...

Kiki Klassen started the Lucky Duck Mail Club not long before last year's Canada Post strike and spent about five hours driving around communities neighbouring her St. Catharines, Ont., home deliverin...

OTTAWA - As Indigenous Peoples marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this week, they also had to confront a persistent problem: public figures claiming the history of residential school...