Category Archives: Canada

WOODSTOCK, Ont. - A former Ontario nurse accused of killing eight seniors faces six new charges in relation to people under her care. Ontario Provincial Police charged Elizabeth Wettlaufer on Fri...

TORONTO - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister defended his decision Friday to spend up to two months of the year at his vacation home in Costa Rica because it gives him a chance to see his fami...

VANCOUVER - A Sri Lankan man accused of human smuggling was the owner of the rickety cargo ship that transported hundreds of Tamil migrants from Thailand to British Columbia, a Crown prosecutor s...

OTTAWA - Two of Russia’s nervous neighbours are urging the Trudeau Liberals to use Canada’s close relationship with the U.S. to encourage the incoming Trump administration not to beco...

MONTREAL - An immigration hearing for an American man known as the “Godfather of Grass” has been postponed until later this month for medical reasons. John Robert Boone, 73, will rema...

HALIFAX - Gary Julien conjures an unnerving scene when describing his experience with Halifax’s growing rat problem. “They’re the size of small kittens - or somewhere between ki...

TORONTO - An environmental group believes it may have found a source of ongoing mercury contamination that has plagued a northern Ontario First Nation for more than 50 years. The Grassy Narrows commun...

WINNIPEG - Orphaned male and female polar bear cubs brought to Winnipeg’s zoo late last year from the Hudson Bay port town of Churchill are no longer being referred to as just those tw...

TORONTO - Scientists have a gift for Canada as the country celebrates its 150th - and as a birthday present, it’s certainly unique. A team of molecular geneticists at Toronto...

HALIFAX - Family members and friends lined a dock on the Halifax waterfront Friday to welcome the return of a Royal Canadian Navy ship following a six-month deployment overseas. HMCS Ch...