Pupils at a school in Japan’s southern Okinawa have sought shelter from US military aircraft nearly 700 times since an incident a year ago when a helicopter window fell into its schoolyard. Osamu Tobaru, the…
Last Monday, Health Canada unveiled its proposed guidance on how cannabis should be regulated, marketed and sold once it is fully legalized in later this year, likely in July or August. While the rules incorporate…
MONTREAL — Competition is heating up for Canada’s most price-sensitive travellers as WestJet Airlines gears up to launch the country’s second ultra-low cost airline Wednesday. Swoop, an offshoot of WestJet Airlines, will make its maiden…
Donald Trump has defended his controversial decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, saying the country was nothing but "sand and death". The US president said: "Syria was lost long ago. It was lost long…
If you don’t know whether you can claim something on your taxes, it never hurts to try, right? Tax prep company H&R Block has rounded up some of the strangest things Canadians have tried to…
Brazilian police said Sunday night that the celebrity spiritual healer accused of sexually abusing more than 300 women has turned himself in. Known as João de Deus – or "John of God" – Mr Teixeira had until…
OTTAWA — The official Opposition is calling for an emergency debate in the House of Commons over the future of the Canada-U.S. trade — but Speaker Geoff Regan is having none of it. Conservative foreign…
America’s new-look conservative-leaning US Supreme Court looks set to rule next year whether to overturn Barack Obama’s flagship Obamacare policy. The highest court in America is expected to consider Mr Obama’s signature political legacy after a…
The European Commission has denied that EU rules have facilitated the growth of “euthanasia tourism”, amid fears it is becoming more popular in Belgium. There has been an increase in the number of patients travelling…
CALGARY — The suspension of work on Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd.’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project will have a “chilling” effect on overall investment in Canada, industry observers say. “Any slowdown or uncertainty regarding a…