(Reuters) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has toughened import requirements on U.S. breeding cattle over the H5N1 bird flu virus, the agency said in a statement on Friday. The first confirmed case of Highly Pathogenic Avian ...

LONDON (Reuters) - King Charles and other senior British royals are to relinquish patronages of almost 200 charities and organisations after a review of their association with more than 1,000 groups, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. The review ...

Warning: this story contains details related to sexual assault allegations that some readers may find disturbing. Chris Carter’s sexual assault trial continued Friday with evidence from an Ottawa-based forensic DNA expert and the local police ...

(Reuters) - Canada's second-largest lender TD Bank said on Friday a comprehensive overhaul of its U.S. and global anti-money laundering (AML) program was well underway. The bank has been subject to regulatory probes over its AML compliance ...

Lawyers for two men and a woman charged with luring and kidnapping a St. John’s teenager last year indicated in court Friday their clients may soon be ready to enter pleas. Neither Wilbur Jerome Crockwell, 73, Erin Bast, 64, or Frederick Cyril Boone, ...

Accused murderer Ibrahim Al Ahmad returned to court in St. John’s Friday afternoon, where his lawyer requested a publication ban on details of some of the charges against him. Al Ahmad, 36, appeared in provincial court by video from Her Majesty’s ...

Rick Mercer said he has realized, over the years, how lucky he was to have grown up in Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove. “When I was writing my book, and reflecting on my childhood, I remember my editor saying, ‘What do you mean, there's a pond behind ...

A familiar tune filled the sanctuary at St. Thomas’ Anglican Church on Friday during Bob Cole's funeral.  From their perch in the balcony, the CLB Regimental Band played the "Hockey Night in Canada" theme song.  Cole and those notes were married in a ...

With the smoke from the smudging ceremony rising into the crisp windy spring air, there is a sombre, pensive silence on the grounds in front of Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU). A gathering of about 50 people from the local Mi’kmaq community, ...

She smiles with her eyes. Her words affirm and can ring in anyone’s ears. She talks the talk and walks the walk. She is revered and feared in the industry for her no-nonsense mentality. She is Solitha Natasha Shortte. Walking into the Light House ...