Canada

Military must nearly double annual female recruitment to reach its own target

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces needs to nearly double the number of women it has been recruiting in recent years to reach its goal of having women represent one-quarter of all military person...

Jan 22, 2020

Newfoundland study of bird droppings may answer critical conservation questions

A team of Canadian scientists may have cracked one of the toughest problems in conservation by peering into the lives of long-ago seabirds through 1,700 years of droppings. "It's actual...

Jan 21, 2020

Police chief says refinery labour dispute holding city of Regina hostage

REGINA - Leaders in Saskatchewan are urging both sides in a labour dispute at an oil refinery to resume talks following comments by Regina's police chief that the escalating f...

Jan 21, 2020

Indigenous LNG supporters chide human rights advocates over pipeline comments

BURNS LAKE, B.C. - A collective of First Nations who support the liquefied natural gas industry in British Columbia say human rights advocates failed to do their research when they called for a p...

Jan 21, 2020

Police look for owner of ice-covered boat found on B.C.'s Okanagan Lake

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - A photo of a sail boat covered in icicles has been released by police in West Kelowna, B.C., in the hope of finding its owner. The RCMP say the sailboat was found leaning aga...

Jan 21, 2020

Alberta premier wants federal government to do more about opioid imports

CALGARY - Alberta's premier says Ottawa needs to do more to clamp down on opioid drug imports from places such as China. Jason Kenney says the Liberal government made a big mistake when it a...

Jan 21, 2020

Would-be Conservative leaders jockey for support as Charest bows out

OTTAWA - Former Quebec premier Jean Charest's decision to bow out of the Conservative leadership race is a turning point in a contest expected to heat up throughout the week as the party prepares for ...

Jan 21, 2020

Documents: Extremist group wanted rally to start civil war

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A hidden camera captured members of a white supremacist group expressing hope that violence at a gun rights rally in Virginia this week could start a civil war, federal prosecutors...

Jan 21, 2020

A look at some of the victims of the Iran plane crash who had roots in Canada

Dozens of people with ties to Canada were among the 176 who were killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed after takeoff near Tehran, Iran. Here is a look at some of th...

Jan 21, 2020

Bloc wants to slow down adoption of new NAFTA deal because of aluminum concerns

MONTREAL - The Bloc Quebecois says it will seek to slow down the adoption of the new trade deal between Canada, the United States and Mexico. Bloc leader Yves-Francois Blanchet told reporters tod...

Jan 21, 2020