Canada

Supreme Court will not hear Trans Mountain pipeline expansion appeal cases

OTTAWA - The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project has cleared another legal hurdle. The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear five challenges from environment and Indigen...

Mar 07, 2020

235 Canadians on cruise ship held for COVID-19 testing off California coast

OTTAWA - There are 235 Canadians on the passenger manifest for a cruise ship that is being held off the coast of California for coronavirus testing. Global Affairs Canada says there are no confirmed c...

Mar 07, 2020

Starbucks, Second Cup halt use of reusable cups amid novel coronavirus outbreak

Two major coffee chains have stopped serving beverages in reusable cups brought by customers amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. Starbucks and The Second Cup Ltd. say they are temporarily halting the...

Mar 07, 2020

Federal lab confirms second case of new coronavirus in Quebec

MONTREAL - Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory has confirmed a second case of the new coronavirus in Quebec while the province's Health Department announced another presumptive case. A...

Mar 07, 2020

It's up to all Wet'suwet'en people to work through agreement: Bellegarde

VANCOUVER - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says it's up to all Wet'suwet'en people to work through the draft agreement struck on Sunday between their hereditary chiefs ...

Mar 06, 2020

NewsAlert: Toronto boy abducted over drug debt found safe, police say

Toronto police say a 14-year-old boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found safe after he was allegedly abducted on his way to school. In a tweet Thursday night, police say the teen was ...

Mar 06, 2020

Man guilty of murder, aggravated assault in B.C. high school stabbings

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A judge who found a man guilty of second-degree murder and aggravated assault in an attack on two B.C. high school students says there is no evidence that Gabrie...

Mar 06, 2020

Ontario Liberals to pick new leader to succeed Kathleen Wynne

TORONTO - Ontario Liberals will gather this weekend to select their new leader, a person who will face the daunting task of whipping a decimated party back into fighting form in time for an election j...

Mar 06, 2020

Woman with presumed case of COVID-19 in critical condition in B.C.

VICTORIA - A woman in her 80s with a presumptive case of the novel coronavirus is in critical condition at a Vancouver hospital. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, said Wednesday the wom...

Mar 06, 2020

Canadian troops on alert as novel coronavirus outbreak spreads to Iraq

OTTAWA - Canadian troops in Iraq are on high alert as the novel coronavirus spreads inside the country. Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance said troops have been ordered to protec...

Mar 06, 2020