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Zach Parise picked to captain Team USA for Sochi Games

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 15:31

Zach Parise, who won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Games, was named captain of the US men`s ice hockey team for the Sochi Olympics on Friday.

Quebec seniors home fire death toll rises to 24

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 06:24

The Canadian authorities updated the confirmed death toll to 24 from a fire at a seniors home in the small town of L`Isle-Verte, Quebec earlier this month.

Toronto`s scandal-plagued Mayor Rob Ford defends Justin Bieber

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 00:35

Toronto`s bad boy Mayor Rob Ford defended troubled pop star Justin Bieber after police in Canada`s largest city charged the teenager with assault, his second arrest in a week.

Teen ringleader guilty in Canada prostitution ring

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 02:16

A teenaged girl was found guilty of forcing her peers, including one as young as 13, into prostitution through intimidation and blackmail in Canada`s capital city.

Canada bars Ukraine officials behind crackdown

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 06:11

Canada will refuse entry to any Ukraine government officials linked to a crackdown on protesters, the immigration minister announced.

Up to 32 feared dead in Quebec retirement home

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 03:42

A fire that ravaged a Quebec retirement home may have killed up to 32 people, authorities said Saturday as they resumed their somber search for bodies in the bitter cold.

Sikh museum in Canada to mark Komagata Maru centennial

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 00:03

A heritage museum in Canada organised a year-long exhibition to commemorate 100 years of 1914 Komagata Maru incident during which 352 Punjabi immigrants on ship from India were denied entry.

Thirty feared dead in fire at Canadian home for elderly

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 21:19

Canadian firefighters on Friday searched the ashes of a Quebec retirement home that burned to the ground on a bleak midwinter night, leaving more than 30 residents feared dead.

Thirty feared dead in fire at Canadian home for elderly

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 02:20

Canadian firefighters on Thursday searched the ashes of a Quebec retirement home that burned to the ground on a bleak midwinter night, leaving more than 30 residents feared dead.

Toronto `crack mayor` caught out on new video

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 14:01

A new video surfaced yesterday showing Toronto`s scandal-plagued mayor -- who pledged to stay off alcohol after admissions of crack smoking and binge drinking -- in an apparent drunken stupor.

BlackBerry to divest majority of its Canadian real estate

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 09:49

BlackBerry Ltd said on Tuesday it intends to divest the majority of its real estate holdings in Canada, as it seeks to bolster its balance sheet and turn around its fortunes.

Arabs MPs heckle, Jews applaud Canada PM at Israel Knesset

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 09:18

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was shouted down by Arab lawmakers at the Israeli Knesset on Monday in a speech which won him a standing ovation from Jewish MPs.