Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - How do exotic animals go from living in the wild to sitting in a cage or tank in someone’s living room halfway around the world? Rosemary Collard, an assistant prof...

TORONTO - Wildlife is now the fourth largest illegal trade globally after drugs, counterfeit money and human trafficking, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Here are a few cases where Canadians fac...

BURLINGTON, Ont. - Officers had been watching the shore of the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall, Ont., from outside a nearby church for most of the day when the boat carrying the contraband ...

OTTAWA - MPs are calling for new research centre devoted to the mental health of first responders and other public safety officers grappling with the often disturbing toll of their jobs...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier dug in hard against Ottawa’s carbon price scheme Tuesday, saying his province “definitely won’t” impose a carbon tax. Stephen McNeil also ...

OTTAWA - A federal watchdog is urging Canada’s nuclear safety regulator to tighten up its inspections, saying paperwork problems are fuelling questions about whether it is scrutin...

Los Angeles police say a homeless man has been arrested on suspicion of killing a friend of George Stroumboulopoulos who was staying at the television personality’s Hollywood Hills home. LA...

WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund has lowered its estimates for Canadian growth in 2016 and 2017, pointing to a weaker U.S. economy than projected earlier this year. The IMF is now forecast...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - An outside investigation has cleared the deputy police chief in Saint John, N.B., of potential wrongdoing following his testimony at the Dennis Oland murder trial. Saint John Police...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion has joined the United States in condemning Russia over the escalating fighting in Syria and failed efforts to end the war in that country. Dion said in ...