Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Tourism Minister Melanie Joly says a federal new tourism strategy can boost international visits to Canada during non-peak seasons by more than a million people. The strategy i...

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An inquiry begins its investigation today into the death of an Afghan war veteran who killed his family and himself more than two years ago in Nova Scotia. The provincial...

Newly published research has concluded that food insecurity in Nunavut grew after a federal program was brought in to fight hunger in the North. The study, published Tuesday in the Canadian Medic...

Four stories in the news for Tuesday, May 21 --- FAMILY MOURNS CANADIAN KILLED IN HONDURAS PLANE CRASH A 32-year-old B.C. pilot who was killed in a plane crash in Honduras on Saturday was de...

EDMONTON - The Alberta legislature is to start a new session today with a lot of new faces and a new government in charge. Premier Jason Kenney and the 63 members of his United Conservative caucu...

TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told hundreds of attendees at a conference in Toronto on Monday that Canada's thriving technology sector is a result of the country's openne...

TRUJILLO, Honduras - A 32-year-old British Columbia pilot who was killed in a plane crash in Honduras on Saturday is being described by his father as a spontaneous person who was a happy chi...

HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Approximately 4,000 residents of a northern Alberta town are being told to leave due to the threat of an encroaching wildfire. People are being told to leave High Level on Highway ...

TORONTO - Boys in poor urban areas around the world are suffering even more than girls from violence, abuse and neglect, groundbreaking international research published on Monday suggests. The st...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says Canadian tariffs on U.S. bourbon, playing cards and licorice have officially been lifted. The tariffs targeting products to have political impact in the sta...