Canada

Freeland agrees to NDP trade pitch in return for new NAFTA support: letter

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she wants to make Canada's trade negotiations more "transparent," by agreeing to proposals from the New Democrats to provide more details of ...

Feb 20, 2020

Official says she would have denied Desmond a gun licence had she known more

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An inquiry investigating why a former Canadian soldier fatally shot three family members and himself heard Thursday from a firearms official who said ...

Feb 20, 2020

Halifax couple thanks public a year after house fire claimed their 7 children

HALIFAX - The parents of seven children who died in a Halifax house fire a year ago are offering thanks to the public for the love and support they've received since the tragedy. Syrian refugees Ebrah...

Feb 20, 2020

Thumbprint, hairbrush: Franklin wreck reveals sailors' lives

It was as if the past literally reached out and touched him. Parks Canada archaeologist Marc-Andre Bernier spent last summer diving into the wreck of the HMS Erebus, the flagship of the Franklin exped...

Feb 20, 2020

Ex-Toronto bar owner gets bail pending appeal of gang sexual assault conviction

TORONTO - A former downtown bar owner has been granted bail pending his appeal of a conviction for the gang sexual assault of a barely conscious woman. In his decision, a Court of Appeal justice ruled...

Feb 20, 2020

Desmond inquiry looks at how Afghanistan veteran legally obtained firearm

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - Just over a year before Lionel Desmond bought a Soviet-era semi-automatic rifle and killed three members of his family and himself, the mentally ill former soldier was forced ...

Feb 20, 2020

N.L. Premier Dwight Ball denies he's walking away as going gets tough

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As he prepares to step down as premier of a province facing what has been described as a fiscal crisis, Newfoundland and Labrador's Dwight Ball says he feels "great" about his ...

Feb 20, 2020

Ottawa supports heavy fuel ban for Arctic; northerners seek compensation

The federal government has announced it will support an international ban on environmentally damaging heavy fuel oils in Arctic shipping. The backing, released during meetings on the issue i...

Feb 20, 2020

Ex-Quebec media star Eric Salvail tells trial sex assault accusations 'bizarre'

MONTREAL - Former Quebec talk show host Eric Salvail is categorically denying the accusations made against him by a one-time co-worker. The fallen television star told his trial today the claims ...

Feb 20, 2020

Lawyer for fallen Quebec media star continues cross-examination of accuser

MONTREAL - The man who alleges he was sexually assaulted by former Quebec media star Eric Salvail was grilled under cross-examination Tuesday, accused of lying in an effort to attract a...

Feb 20, 2020