Canada

O'Toole boots senator who challenged his leadership out of Conservative caucus.

OTTAWA - Erin O'Toole kicked Sen. Denise Batters out of the Conservative caucus Tuesday - one day after she challenged his leadership. "As the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, I will not to...

Nov 16, 2021

Michigan judge rejects attorney general's effort to move Line 5 case to state court

WASHINGTON - Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. scored a key victory in the Line 5 dispute Tuesday as a judge in Michigan rejected the state attorney general's bid to get the dispute over the cross-border pi...

Nov 16, 2021

Michigan judge rejects attorney general's effort to move Line 5 case to state court

WASHINGTON - A judge in Michigan has rejected the state attorney general's effort to get the dispute over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline kicked out of federal court. U.S. Circuit Court Judge Janet N...

Nov 16, 2021

Veterans Affairs' case managers near 'breaking point,' union warns

OTTAWA - The head of the union representing Veterans Affairs Canada case managers is warning her members are near their "breaking point" thanks to an excessive amount of work and lack of support from ...

Nov 16, 2021

Montreal mayor calls for federal action on gun violence after teen's shooting

MONTREAL - The "cowardly" shooting of a 16-year-old boy Sunday in Montreal is renewing calls for the government to do more about gun violence as authorities work to solve his murder. Thomas Trudel, 16...

Nov 16, 2021

Health minister says announcement coming on COVID-19 border measure changes

OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the federal government will announce changes to COVID-19 prevention measures at the Canadian border "very soon." The government has faced mounting pressu...

Nov 16, 2021

Discussions to resolve B.C. pipeline blockade have reached a pivotal point: Miller

OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says all parties are at a "critical junction" in the discussions toward a resolution on the blockade set up at the Coastal GasLink natural gas ...

Nov 16, 2021

Economic rights not limitless, Appeal Court hears in B.C. old-growth logging case

VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing protesters opposed to old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island told a British Columbia Court of Appeal hearing that there are limits to a company's economic an...

Nov 16, 2021

Abbotsford, B.C., mayor worries for community as rescuers overwhelmed by flooding

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Fast-rising water levels from a river in Washington state have overwhelmed rescuers in Abbotsford, B.C., where 1,100 homes have been evacuated, in a province where thousands of peop...

Nov 16, 2021

Court of Appeal upholds Quebec law restricting advertising of vaping products

MONTREAL - Quebec's highest court is upholding the province's right to subject vaping products to the same laws governing tobacco. In a unanimous decision published Monday, the panel of three Court of...

Nov 16, 2021