Canada

Charest bows out of Tory race, citing rules of contest and changed party

MONTREAL - Former Quebec premier Jean Charest announced Tuesday that he will not seek the federal Conservative leadership, citing the short timeline of the race and a party that has undergone "de...

Jan 23, 2020

Health minister to consult on expanding medical aid in dying to mentally ill

MONTREAL - Quebec's health minister says there will be at least one day of public consultations on expanding medical assistance in dying after an outcry over a plan to potentially extend it to th...

Jan 23, 2020

Transportation board approves Uber, Lyft ride-hail services in Lower Mainland

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Passenger Transportation Board has granted long-awaited licensing approvals to ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft for service in the Lower Mainland and Whistl...

Jan 23, 2020

NDP to put forward private member's bill on making national pharmacare a reality

OTTAWA - The New Democrats are planning to bring forward legislation to implement a national, universal pharmacare program. NDP House Leader Peter Julian is set to table a private member's bill a...

Jan 23, 2020

Quebec professors appeal to Supreme Court ruling on succession to British throne

MONTREAL - While Prince Harry is shaking up the British monarchy, Canada's Supreme Court is being asked to throw out a law that modified the rules governing succession to the throne. Tw...

Jan 23, 2020

It was heralded as one of Quebec City's earliest fortifications, but was it?

MONTREAL - It was heralded in 2018 as a major historic find: a 15-metre segment of a wood palisade, built in 1693 by French troops and settlers to protect against attacks from British and Indigen...

Jan 23, 2020

Canada brings home first plane-crash victim, pushes Iran to respect families

OTTAWA - The first body of a Canadian who died in the Tehran plane crash has come home, the country's foreign minister said Tuesday, as the government pushed Iran to respect the wishes ...

Jan 23, 2020

In St. John's, N.L., hopes rise of return to normalcy in daily life — and death

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - There's hope in St. John's, N.L., that the daily concerns of life - and death - will slowly begin returning to normal over the weekend. Thursday marked the provincial capital's...

Jan 23, 2020

Commemorative stamp pays tribute to all-black hockey league in the Maritimes

CHERRY BROOK, N.S. - Canada Post plans to unveil a commemorative stamp today that pays tribute to an all-black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes. The stamp tells the...

Jan 23, 2020

Longtime Quebec union leader Fernand Daoust dead at 93 after illness

MONTREAL - Fernand Daoust, a long-time Quebec union leader best known for his time with the Quebec Federation of Labour (FTQ), has died at 93. The cause of death wasn't made public but ...

Jan 23, 2020