Canada

Conservatives press Trudeau on alleged Chinese role in hack of Canadian data

OTTAWA - The Conservatives want to know what federal officials are doing about China's alleged involvement in the theft of data from thousands of Canadians. In a letter to Prime Mi...

Feb 11, 2020

Quebec knew about illegal Hasidic religious schools for decades, trial hears

MONTREAL - A witness has testified at a civil trial that the Quebec government knew for decades Hasidic Jewish children were not receiving a legal secular education. Maryse Ma...

Feb 11, 2020

Inquiry learns about gap in care for former soldier Lionel Desmond

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A nurse who assessed Lionel Desmond two months before the Afghanistan war veteran killed his family and himself in 2017 says his symptoms of post-traumatic stress di...

Feb 11, 2020

Entrances to B.C. legislature blocked as pipeline protests flare across Canada

VICTORIA - Hundreds of protesters blocked the entrances to the British Columbia legislature on Tuesday as demonstrations in support of Indigenous hereditary chiefs who oppose a pipeline project contin...

Feb 11, 2020

1.2M litres of oil spilled in Saskatchewan train derailment

GUERNSEY, Sask. - The Saskatchewan government says about 1.2 million litres of oil was spilled during a fiery train derailment in Saskatchewan last week. The province's ministry of environment says th...

Feb 11, 2020

Trudeau to take UN Security Council pitch to Caribbean next week

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will head to the Caribbean next week to make his pitch to a new audience for why Canada should be given a seat on the UN Security Council. Trudeau is to fly to t...

Feb 11, 2020

Further measures coming to protect endangered right whales, minister says

HALIFAX - Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says Ottawa will announce further measures in the coming weeks to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Speaking to a fishing gear i...

Feb 11, 2020

Jane Philpott appointed dean of Queen's University faculty of health sciences

KINGSTON, Ont. - Former federal health minister Jane Philpott has been tapped to lead the faculty of health sciences at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. The university says Philpott, who repr...

Feb 11, 2020

Trudeau en route to Senegal for final stop of UN campaigning in Africa

DAKAR, Senegal - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is en route to Senegal for an official visit with one of Canada's closest francophone partners in Africa. Trudeau's visit will include a meeting with Pre...

Feb 11, 2020

Local couple miss chocolates but 'life is good' on quarantined cruise ship

A husband and wife from central Alberta say they are "feeling quite happy and relaxed" quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in the port city of Yokohama, just outside Tokyo.Lolit...

Feb 11, 2020