Canada

A timeline on rail disruptions by anti-pipeline protesters across Canada

RCMP began enforcing an injunction earlier this month that prevents interference with construction of a $6.6-billion natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia. Here is a timeline of the disput...

Feb 17, 2020

Health care coalition calls on government for pharmacare funding in next budget

OTTAWA - A coalition of 150 health care organizations and non-profits is calling on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to make sure there is funding in the coming federal budget to launch the first phase o...

Feb 17, 2020

Federal emergency group to meet on pipeline protests as rail blockades continue

The prime minister is meeting with an emergency group today to discuss anti-pipeline blockades that have shut down swaths of the country's train system. Justin Trudeau says the Incident Response Group...

Feb 17, 2020

After mill closure, anxiety mounts in N.S. rural communities dependent on forestry

ADVOCATE HARBOUR, N.S. - In a garage filled with a massive - and idle - road grader, Scott MacGillivary's anxiety grows as he wonders what's to become of his family following the closure of a Nov...

Feb 17, 2020

Canada joins other nations pressing Iran for compensation to Ukranian jetliner victims

MUNICH - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he and his counterparts from countries that lost citizens in last month's Ukrainian jetliner crash pressed Iran for co...

Feb 17, 2020

Telus and affiliates tell customers they've already met Liberal rate-cut pledge

OTTAWA - One of Canada's major mobile service providers appears to have set the stage for a battle with Ottawa over the timing of proposed wireless rate cuts. Telus and affiliated brands Koo...

Feb 17, 2020

Alstom reaches preliminary deal to buy Bombardier train unit, report says

MONTREAL - Bombardier Inc. has reached a preliminary deal to sell its train division to French rail giant Alstom SA for more than US$7 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The news o...

Feb 16, 2020

Trudeau confers with cabinet ministers as rail blockades continue

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in talks over the weekend with federal cabinet ministers as protesters opposed to a pipeline project in British Columbia continued to halt train service acro...

Feb 16, 2020

Trudeau to take pitch for UN Security Council seat to Caribbean starting Monday

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will fly to Barbados on Monday, where his effort to secure votes in the Caribbean for Canada's bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council is expe...

Feb 16, 2020

A list of major civil disobedience events in recent Canadian history

VANCOUVER - Protesters around the country have blocked rail lines and used other forms of civil disobedience to show support for the hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation and th...

Feb 16, 2020