Canada

NewsAlert: Trans Mountain cost jumps to $12.6 billion

The estimated cost to build the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has jumped by 70 per cent, to $12.6 billion from $7.4 billion. More to come... The Canadian Press

Feb 07, 2020

People's party leader Maxime Bernier sues political pundit for defamation

A former member of Parliament and leader of a fringe federal political party is suing a prominent political commentator and strategist for defamation. Maxime Bernier alleges Warren Kinsella repeatedly...

Feb 07, 2020

Commuter rail trips cancelled as protest blocks tracks near Belleville, Ont.

BELLEVILLE, Ont. - VIA Rail says it's suspended service on busy routes east of Toronto due to a protest blocking the tracks. The railway operator says the protest is taking place near Belleville, Ont....

Feb 07, 2020

Psychiatrist faced barriers to getting information, lawyer tells Desmond Inquiry

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - Only two hours before Lionel Desmond used a rifle to kill three members of his family and himself, the former soldier appeared coherent and focused when he purc...

Feb 07, 2020

Manitoba ads in Quebec over secularism law generated $200K in publicity: report

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government's advertising campaign that took a swipe at Quebec's secularism law appears to have generated a lot of bang for the buck in terms of publicity, but has not resulted ...

Feb 07, 2020

Schools shuttered, flights cancelled as heavy snow lashes southern Quebec

MONTREAL - Schools across much of southern Quebec are shuttered today as a snowstorm bears down on the province. In the Montreal area, between 30 and 50 centimetres of sn...

Feb 07, 2020

Provincial tensions with federal government easing, Kenney, Moe suggest

WASHINGTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Saskatchewan's Scott Moe say they see signs that tensions in their relationship with Ottawa are beginning to ease. The two premiers are part of a delegati...

Feb 07, 2020

Canadian-American couple going 'stir-crazy' on quarantined cruise ship off Japan

A Canadian-American couple on-board a cruise ship that has been quarantined off the coast of Japan say they're "a little stir-crazy" from being confined to their room. A two-week&n...

Feb 07, 2020

Five more Canadians test positive for the new coronavirus aboard cruise ship

Five more Canadians on a cruise ship that has been quarantined off the coast of Japan have tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total on board the vessel to seven. The Canad...

Feb 07, 2020

Flight from Wuhan carrying 176 passengers lands at Vancouver International Airport

A plane carrying 176 Canadian citizens from the centre of the global novel coronavirus outbreak landed at Vancouver International Airport after 9 p.m. local time Thursday evening. Fligh...

Feb 07, 2020