Canada

Strike deadline for Via Rail workers extended as Unifor continues negotiations

Via Rail has narrowly avoided the prospect of immediately suspending services across Canada after a strike deadline was extended to Monday afternoon. Unifor issued a 72-hour strike notice to the natio...

Jul 10, 2022

Edmonton Catholic church with Indigenous traditions prepares for Pope's visit

EDMONTON - Cultures collide each Sunday morning at Edmonton's Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples, with sage burning alongside candles and both hymns and Indigenous drumming resounding through co...

Jul 10, 2022

Montrealers protest against man guilty of sexual abuse "inadequate" sentence

MONTREAL - Hundreds of people rallied in front of Montreal's courthouse on Sunday to denounce a light sentence imposed on a man who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism. Protest co-organizer...

Jul 10, 2022

Researchers name newest baby orca spotted in B.C. waters

VICTORIA - A young southern resident killer whale spotted swimming in the waters off the west side of Vancouver Island now has a name. The Center for Whale Research based in Washington state says it h...

Jul 10, 2022

'Happy Stampede': Prime minister mobbed by admirers at Stampede events

CALGARY - Inch by inch. Step by step. It could be the lyrics to a country and western song featured at the Calgary Stampede, but in reality it was the progress Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was making...

Jul 10, 2022

Industry minister to meet with Rogers CEO after "unacceptable" network outage

TORONTO - Canada's industry minister will convene a meeting with the leader of Rogers Communications in the wake of a massive outage that paralyzed the company's network and hampered several crucial s...

Jul 10, 2022

'It's difficult': Ukrainian newcomers struggle to make ends meet in Canada

TORONTO - Sabina Abilova and Andrii Koziura sit at the dinner table in their basement apartment, laptops open, searching for jobs that might help them pay for next month's rent. The Ukrainian newcomer...

Jul 10, 2022

Ottawa's plan to off-load military sexual assault cases sparks feud with provinces

OTTAWA - A dispute between the federal government and provinces over funding and other resources is slowing efforts to transfer military police investigations and prosecutions of alleged sexual crimes...

Jul 10, 2022

Ottawa's share of health-care funding to be top concern at premiers' meeting in B.C.

A group representing emergency room doctors across the country has a message for Canada's premiers: come up with a co-ordinated plan to prevent their workplaces from being closed due to staffing short...

Jul 10, 2022

Rogers CEO apologizes for outage, says it came after network maintenance update

Questions remain as Rogers Communications continues to restore service after a network outage that affected customers across the country. The outage, which lasted more than 15 hours, affected mobile a...

Jul 09, 2022