Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - Pistachios have been the subject of a series of recalls linked to a salmonella outbreak, and while some health officials say that doesn't mean people should avoid all pistachio products, oth...

MONTREAL - Pascal Lessard and his partner bought their farm in 2019. They live in the Chaudire-Appalaches region of Quebec. It's a rural area south of Quebec City. Although they were concerned about h...

The U.S. Department of Commerce says it has made a final decision to more than double countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber imports, a move business groups in British Columbia say will har...

VICTORIA - A Vancouver Island First Nation has won back fishing rights and title for part of the land its ancestors used as a summer home in the Lower Mainland, despite opposition by two other Indigen...

This week, the BC Wildfire Service posted on Facebook two aerial view images of wildfires raging across densely forested terrain with aircraft attempting to douse the flames. The images were dramatic,...

TORONTO - After her extraordinary win at the National Bank Open in Montreal, 18-year-old tennis sensation Victoria Mboko is being celebrated as a role model for the next generation of Canadian athlete...

Canada's Transportation Safety Board says it is looking into what happened when a sightseeing vessel ran aground in the waters off Metro Vancouver last weekend. The agency says investigators have been...

TORONTO - Canada's 2025 wildfire season is now the second-worst on record. The latest figures posted by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre suggest fires have torn through 72,000 square kilome...

A Vancouver Island artist who was evacuated from her home studio near an out-of-control wildfire says she remains nervous despite being allowed back this week. Ina-Griet Raatz-von Hirschhausen, whose ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Israel's announced plan to take over part of the Gaza Strip will further a humanitarian crisis for Palestinians and hostages. Israel's cabinet has approved a p...