France suspends pig imports from North America, JapanFrance has suspended imports of live pigs from the United States, Canada, Mexico and Japan to try to prevent the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus entering the country, the French agriculture ministry announced.
Canadian woman's letter arrives -- after 45-year delayA 45-year-old letter mysteriously arrived in the mailbox of a Canadian woman, who received the ancient correspondence from her younger sister decades after it was sent, Canadian media reported.
24 April 2014
Russia expels Canadian diplomatMoscow has ordered a Canadian diplomat to leave the country in retaliation for Ottawa's expulsion of a Russian official, Russian news agencies said, citing a government source.
23 April 2014
Canadians rally to legalize marijuanaSeveral thousand people came out in Canada's biggest cities on Sunday to call for the legalization of marijuana -- a yearly protest that happens internationally on April 20.
22 April 2014
Wrongfully imprisoned US boxer 'Hurricane' Carter diesRubin "Hurricane" Carter, the prizefighter whose racially tinged wrongful murder conviction made him a symbol of injustice and a pop culture cause, died on Sunday at the age of 76.
21 April 2014
Paleontologists discover land herbivores' earliest ancestorPaleontologists unearthed the oldest ancestor of land-dwelling herbivores with the discovery of a 300-million-year-old skeleton, shedding light onto plant eaters' emergence on land, a study said.
18 April 2014
Five students stabbed to death at Canada house partyFive students were stabbed to death in a rampage at a house party in Calgary, Canadian authorities said Tuesday, with the son of a police officer in custody.
16 April 2014
Justin Bieber hearing set for May in CanadaThe next hearing on Canadian pop star Justin Bieber's assault charge for striking a limousine driver on the back of the head was set for May 12, court officials said.
15 April 2014
Canadian solo yachtsman rescued from PacificA Canadian solo sailor was rescued from his sinking yacht after five days adrift in the Pacific battling rough weather, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) said Tuesday.
09 April 2014
Toronto mayor votes against Mandela street honorScandal-plagued Toronto mayor Rob Ford voted against naming a street in honor of Nelson Mandela on Wednesday before later claiming he had cast his ballot in error.
04 April 2014
BlackBerry posts fresh losses, but sees upsideBlackBerry reported fresh losses Friday but offered some reasons for optimism as the smartphone maker struggles to escape from a death spiral.
30 March 2014
Canada gunman killed after policeman woundedPolice shot and killed an armed man at Canada's busiest courthouse on the outskirts of Toronto on Friday after he entered the secure building and left an officer wounded.
Russian diplomat stabbed in CanadaA Russian diplomat was stabbed Friday in the Canadian capital following a drunken quarrel, officials and media reports said.
15 March 2014
Denis Ten won't participate in World ChampionshipThe Ice Prince and the winner of the Bronze medal at the Sochi Olympics Denis Ten will not go to the 2014 World Figure Skating Championship in Japan.
06 March 2014
Canada warns Russia, says G8 membership at riskCanada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday warned that Russia could be stripped of its membership in the Group of Eight industrialized nations if it doesn't reverse course in Ukraine.
04 March 2014
Obama in Mexico for less friendly 'three amigos' talksUS President Barack Obama joined the Mexican and Canadian leaders Wednesday for a North American summit focused on trade but marked by friction between the "three amigos."