Category Archives: Canada

Five things to know about Lyme disease: 1. Blacklegged ticks become infected with Lyme disease bacteria by feeding on infected wild animals, such as deer, birds and rodents. 2. Infected ticks can...

HALIFAX - The health issues piled up for Donna Lugar, one on top of another: She had breathing trouble, vision and hearing problems, even heart issues, but finding a cause was elusive. “Occasion...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was drawn for Saturday night’s $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a ticket sold in Ontario. The jackpot for the next dr...

GANDER, N.L. - Motorcycle engines rumbled on the tarmac of a Newfoundland and Labrador airport Sunday as Canadians and Americans gathered to reflect on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attac...

SASKATOON - A kennel in Saskatoon says that 14 dogs in its care perished Saturday due to a malfunctioning heater. Playful Paws Pet Centre posted on its Facebook page that a mechanical failure on a roo...

HALIFAX - Warships from NATO countries will be in Halifax this week for a Canadian-led military exercise aimed at bolstering anti-submarine warfare capabilities. The Defence Department said ...

LONDON - WestJet says a flight from London to Edmonton diverted to Iceland on Saturday after the crew discovered a “potential mechanical issue.” The pilots aboard the Boeing 767 declared a...

CALGARY - A Federal Court judge facing possible removal from the bench for inappropriate remarks he made to a sex assault complainant admits his knowledge of Canadian criminal law at the tim...

OTTAWA - It was a week of semantic satiation in Ottawa, with politicos parsing “anti-Canadian values” so many times that the phrase seemed to become almost meaningless. Conservative l...

OTTAWA - Former employees of now defunct Canadian International Development Agency might need as long as a decade to get used to the idea they have been subsumed by the larger foreign ministry. That i...