Canada

Runny nose? Itchy? Experts say seasonal allergies worsening due to increase in pollen

A group of Canadian researchers says the amount of powdery pollen released by plants during their reproduction process has gone up across Canada in recent years and is exacerbating allergies from hay fever...

39m ago

Frank Hayden, Canadian researcher who helped spearhead Special Olympics, dies at 96

Special Olympics Canada says Frank Hayden, whose research in the 1960s spearheaded the creation of the Special Olympics globally, has died. The organization says in a post on its website that Hayden died...

41m ago

Conservative MP Michael Chong travelling to Taiwan to 'assert Canadian sovereignty'

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michael Chong is travelling to Taiwan this week in a self-described bid to assert Canadian sovereignty. The former cabinet minister says the trip is to show solidarity with Taiwan,...

18h ago

Canadians, in crucial moment, must decide on equality for all: LGBTQ advocate

An LGBTQ+ advocate says Canada is at critical juncture where it must decide whether it will be inclusive of everyone or not. Fae Johnstone, executive director of Queer Momentum, says there shouldn't be...

19h ago

EV sales jump in March as federal rebates return, though market share up slightly

OTTAWA — Sales of new electric vehicles jumped in March as Canadian took advantage of the long-awaited return of federal government subsidies. Data released by Statistics Canada on Thursday shows...

21h ago

Lab tests confirm first case of hantavirus in Canada

Canada has its first confirmed case of hantavirus. The Public Health Agency of Canada says one of the four Canadians isolating in British Columbia who had been on a cruise ship where there was an outbreak...

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Report: Canada's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins second consecutive NBA MVP

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has joined Steve Nash in the pantheon of Canadian basketball players. The Oklahoma City Thunder guard has won the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award for the second...

May 17, 2026 9:11 am CST CST

Trump's abortion 'gag rule' has Canadian aid sector asking Ottawa to show leadership

OTTAWA — Canadian aid groups are deliberating how to respond to American policies that block U.S. aid for virtually any group in developing countries that provides abortion, science-based sexual health...

May 17, 2026 9:09 am CST CST

Canadian isolating in B.C. tests "presumptive positive" for hantavirus

British Columbia's provincial health officer says one of the four Canadians isolating in the province who had been on a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak has received a "presumptive positive"...

May 16, 2026 4:39 pm CST CST

Drake breaks three daily Spotify records for 2026 with new albums

Drake fans who might have felt left out in the cold waiting for new music after the rapper's last solo album in 2023 seem to have warmly embraced his latest drop. With the release of three albums Friday,...

May 16, 2026 12:06 pm CST CST