Housing for homeless helps prevent winter emergency shelter crises: advocate

Homeless shelter emergencies aren’t happening in other Canadian winter cities because they have focused on getting people into housing, says the head of a national group working to...

Atlantic Canada recovers from flooding, outages and evacuations after deluge

Dozens of people from a rural New Brunswick community were set to return home Sunday night as authorities in many parts of Atlantic Canada worked to...

Ontario won’t release bridge repair cost estimates or say who will foot the bill

  TORONTO — Repairs to a bridge in northwestern Ontario will take nearly three years and delays have pushed the total cost well over the initial...

Calendar of mermaid tailed men raises $300,000 for mental health in Newfoundland

JOHN’S, N.L. — A calendar of bearded, mermaid-tailed Newfoundlanders has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for mental health. Last year, around 30 burly guys donned...

Supreme Court case could lead to First Nations role in law making

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada is to begin hearings Monday in an appeal that could force lawmakers across the country to give First Nations...

Canadian marijuana companies search for workers ahead of legalization

VANCOUVER — Canadian marijuana companies are on a hiring spree, looking to fill an array of roles as they gear up for the legalization of recreational...

Sears Canada closes its final stores after months long liquidation

The few remaining Sears Canada stores closed their doors for good on Sunday. The longtime staple of Canada’s retail landscape declared bankruptcy last year and announced...

Unruly passenger charged after Swissair plane diverted to Newfoundland: police

GANDER, N.L. — A man from New York has been arrested after police say a Swissair plane was forced to land in Gander, N. best online...

Government launches operation to move endangered caribou herd off wolf laden island

Swiss law that prohibits boiling live lobsters raises eyebrows in Quebec

MONTREAL — A new Swiss law that bans the practice of boiling lobsters alive is eliciting more smiles than concern on this side of the Atlantic....