Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - A Montreal man on trial for trying to board an airplane with explosives-related materials in his suitcase told a judge Friday he strongly believes he was set up. Antony Piazza, an Iranian-b...

Some key dates in the life and career of Leonard Cohen: Sept. 21, 1934: Leonard Cohen is born in Montreal. 1945: Cohen’s father dies. 1951: He enrols at McGill University, where h...

VICTORIA - The public may be used to seeing ice cream carts or beer carts at events on hot summer days, but not carts selling illicit substances. Victoria Police say they arrested a man pedalling a ma...

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - As crews prepare the daunting task of lifting a 30-metre tug that sank off British Columbia’s central coast, the local First Nation says the federal government is hiding...

Leonard Cohen, who died at the age of 82, is being mourned around the world as a hugely influential singer and songwriter, as well as a poet and author. Here are some of Cohen’s written wor...

TORONTO - As the world reflects on the musical legacy of the late Leonard Cohen, the Canadian icon is being remembered for his literary contributions where the acclaimed artist found his ear...

OTTAWA - Liz Quinn struggles to hold back tears as she recites the oath taken by all military search-and-rescue technicians, which ends: “That others may live.” For her, the oath is more t...

OTTAWA - As Canadians mark Remembrance Day on Friday, they are being encouraged to remember the 13 military search-and-rescue technicians who have died in the line of duty since 1947. Here are some fa...

OTTAWA - Canadians from coast to coast paused in remembrance and gratitude Friday for those who offered their lives in service of their country - but it was one young wom...

Four stories in the news for Friday, Nov. 11 --- FANS, CELEBRITIES AND POLITICIANS REMEMBER LEONARD COHEN People from all walks off life are mourning the death of Leonard Cohen. The legendary composer...