They may appear aloof and peaceful but a new scientific study says cats might be suffering in silence. The study by Dr. Daniel Pang from the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and a colleague from the University of Montreal, says...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa will pay families $25,000 for each of the 57 Canadian citizens and 29 permanent residents who died when Iran shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet. Trudeau says the money is intended to cover the cost of fun...

The City of St. John’s declared a state of emergency Friday as blizzard conditions descended on the city. Environment Canada issued wind and blizzard warnings across Newfoundland, with the heaviest impacts expected in the eastern part of the islan...

Canada's chief public health officer says more children are being hospitalized this flu season because of an early spike in a strain of influenza B, which hits young people hard. Doctor Theresa Tam says that strain is circulating across the countr...

Past and present politicians filed into the Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in St. John's, N.L. for the funeral service of John Crosbie. Former prime ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney filled out the front pews with past and present...

Both Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Adam Legge, president of the Business Council of Alberta, said there was much to agree on in a pre-budget consultation Thursday morning in Calgary. But Legge added economic fear that has boosted separatist se...

Premier Doug Ford is criticizing the heads of Ontario's major teachers' unions, saying the groups have "bad leadership." Ford made the comments at Queen's Park Thursday as all four unions are engaged in various job actions, including rotating stri...

Canada and other countries are demanding compensation from Iran for the families of people killed when Iranian forces shot down an airliner leaving Tehran, killing everyone on board. There are four other elements to the agreement among Canada, Bri...

Retirement planning experts say it's important to sort through and de-clutter investments gathered over your working life as you retire. The process should result in a schedule that will allow those divergent savings vehicles to be employed in the...

Cannabis edibles, extracts and topicals are now available for sale through the Ontario Cannabis Store's website. The province's pot distributor says 70 new items tested by Health Canada can be purchased online. Among the new products are cannabis-...

Universities across Canada held a moment of silence today to honour the 176 victims of a plane crash in Iran last week. Many students, faculty and researchers from more than a dozen Canadian universities were among those who died when the Ukraine ...

Air Canada is unveiling its first Airbus A220 jetliner, one of an eventual 45 it aims to let loose on the North American market. The narrow-body aircraft grants Canada's largest airline greater range and cost savings as the company tries to shore ...

Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada is pushing Iranian authorities to provide Canadian investigators with greater access to the Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 probe. In a press conference, Garneau explains what that might mean...

As Canadian firefighters boarded flights Wednesday to battle blazes in Australia, they said there are some differences in the tactics they'll employ compared to local fires. In Halifax, the first three of 69 forest firefighters heading to the isla...

Transport Minister Marc Garneau has provided an update on federal efforts to help the families of victims from the Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 tragedy. Canada is hosting a meeting of countries whose citizens were on the flight, and...

As Canadian firefighters boarded flights Wednesday to battle blazes in Australia, they said there are some differences in the tactics they'll employ compared to local fires. In Halifax, the first three of 69 forest firefighters heading to the isla...

A royal expert says Prince Harry and Meghan wouldn't be the first couple to visit Victoria and end up wanting to make British Columbia's capital city their home. The city's mild winters by Canadian standards, British heritage and laid-back Vancouv...

A Nova Scotia chocolate maker who came to Canada as a Syrian refugee has become a Canadian citizen. Tareq Hadhad, the founder of Peace by Chocolate in Antigonish, took part in a special citizenship ceremony Wednesday in Halifax. Hadhad's family ha...

Here are five things you should know about what official role Prince Harry and Meghan might play here in Canada. Would Prince Harry have any royal powers? Could Harry and Meghan take on an official role in Canada? Could Prince Harry become the nex...

Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the government will give money to parents affected by rotating teachers' strikes, with compensation for child care ranging from $25 to $60 per day of missed school. Lecce says the funding is intended t...

The man appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to be his special representative for the Prairie provinces took a conciliatory tone at a Calgary business luncheon Tuesday. Winnipeg MP Jim Carr told his audience that he understands that the Libe...

Newfoundland and Labrador's House of Assembly was open to the public today for John Crosbie's visitation. Crosbie, a former federal cabinet minister and lieutenant governor of the province, died Friday at age 88. Guests share their thoughts about ...

New head coach Thierry Henry held his first practice with the Montreal Impact on Tuesday. The MLS club made international headlines when it hired the former French international star as head coach in November. Henry is getting his team ready for t...

A dispute over whether a young woman who threw a chair off a downtown Toronto highrise balcony posted the video to social media has delayed her criminal case, upsetting the presiding judge. Marcella Zoia, 20, pleaded guilty to mischief causing dan...

A senior hair stylist says making these simple changes to your hair salon appointment will help trim down the cost of your session. Some strip-mall salons will charge between $16 and $30 for a cut. Services such as adding colour, deep conditioning...

A journalism expert says Prince Harry and Meghan may have been drawn to Canada's "deferential" media culture as they mulled their part-time move across the pond. The couple says they're taking a new tact with the press as part of the royal shakeup...

Singer-songwriter Jann Arden is being inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The Calgary-born artist will celebrate the honour with a live performance at the Juno Awards in Saskatoon on March 15. Arden launched her multi-platinum career in...

The unintended release of an Ontario-wide alert about an "incident" at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station has sparked a provincial investigation. The investigation will be looking into how such an error could happen and how such future mist...

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland met with Newfoundland and Labrador's Premier in St. John's this morning. Joined by Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan, Freeland said the would discuss interprovincial trade and NAFTA. She also met wit...

Several dozen Iranian-Canadians gathered in Toronto Monday to show solidarity with those in Iran who are protesting their country's government in the wake of the deadly downing of a passenger jet.

B.C. Premier John Horgan says the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline across much of northern B.C. will proceed despite protests. Horgan says the pipeline, which is part of LNG Canada's $40 billion liquefied natural gas export terminal project, h...

Kathy Fox, head of the Transportation Safety Board, says two Canadian investigators are set to look over the wreckage of a Ukraine International Airlines plane and the spot where it crashed last week killing everyone on board. The access is more t...

Canadian Jewish and Iranian organizations have reiterated their demands for the government to list Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity following last week's downing of a Ukrainian jetliner in Iran.

The federal government expects to make some changes this year to keep Canada's garbage from ending up on foreign shores without consent. Environment Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency are working together to see what can be done to stop ...

The Queen is granting Prince Harry and his wife Meghan permission to move part-time to Canada and lead a more independent life. Queen Elizabeth II granted her seal of approval in a six-sentence statement following a family summit at her Sandringh...

In an unprecedented move, Maple Leaf Foods CEO took to twitter to criticize the US government for the Iranian missile strike that brought down a Ukrainian jet. All 176 people aboard the jet died, including 57 Canadians. The victims included a comp...

Canada's Atlantic premiers met in St. John's, N.L. today, where the group discussed clean energy, health care and information sharing to prevent domestic violence in the region.

A Toronto restaurateur is spearheading a national fundraising campaign to help people who lost loved ones in the Iran plane crash. Mohamad Fakih, founder of the Paramount Fine Foods restaurant chain, says he'd like to raise $1.5 million dollars to...

Canadian talent from major Hollywood films including "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World," "Ford v Ferrari" and "1917" are headed to the Oscars. Animator Dean DeBlois, who hails from Aylmer, Que., got a nod for best animated feature for "H...

Quebec Premier Francois Legault joined the Atlantic premiers in St. John's today as the group discussed a transition to cleaner energy sources. Legault and Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball say resources from their two provinces can pl...

The Bank of Canada will release its latest business outlook survey and its new survey of consumer expectations on Monday. Shaw Communications will release its first-quarter results on Monday. Air Canada unveils its first Airbus A220 on Wednesday. ...

Thousands of people gathered at a memorial at the University of Alberta for the victims of a jetliner shot down in Iran this week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's been "gut-wrenching" to listen to stories from relatives of 57 Canadians who...

Hundreds of mourners gathered at the University of Toronto to mourn the victims of a jetliner that was accidentally shot down by an Iranian missile last week. All 176 people on board were killed, including 138 passengers bound for Canada. The Univ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday he spoke with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Saturday, hours after Iran admitted its military had shot a Ukrainian jetliner out of the sky over Tehran, killing all 176 civilians on board. He said the w...

Opponents to a natural gas pipeline, led by the Wet’suwet’en hereditary clan chiefs, held a rally Friday in Smithers, B.C. The B.C. Supreme Court has granted an injunction to Coastal GasLink against opponents who have built camps and felled trees ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Friday Canada is leading a group of countries who lost citizens in a plane crash in Iran to demand a full and transparent investigation into the causes of the crash. Champagne said the cras...

Several attendees at a packed University of Ottawa memorial wept Friday as they honoured those who died in the crash. Among the victims were three students from the university — health sciences undergraduate Mehraban Badiei Ardestani and graduate ...

Former SNC-Lavalin executive Sami Bebawi has been sentenced to eight years and six months in prison on fraud and corruption charges stemming from construction deals in Libya. Bebawi was impassive as he was sentenced and defiant as he walked in to ...