Canada

Manitoba premier says grain-drying would be exempt from a Manitoba carbon tax

BRANDON, Man. - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is pitching his plan for a carbon tax to agricultural producers as a much better alternative than the current federal one. Pallister told an agricultur...

Jan 21, 2020

Malaysia returns 150 containers of garbage, including 11 to Canada

OTTAWA - Malaysia says it returned 11 shipping containers of plastic garbage to Canada after they arrived on its shores illegally last year. But Canadian officials, citing privacy laws, refu...

Jan 21, 2020

NewsAlert: Jean Charest won't seek Tory leadership

MONTREAL - Former Quebec premier Jean Charest has decided not to seek the federal Conservative leadership. In an interview with Radio-Canada today, he says the odds are stacked against someone from ou...

Jan 21, 2020

PM Trudeau insists Iran respect families' wishes when it comes to burials

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is insisting Iran respect the wishes of families when it comes to burying those who died when a passenger jet was shot down outside Tehran, noting do...

Jan 21, 2020

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

MONTREAL - A debate has emerged over an archeological find after an expert suggested that a wooden structure heralded as one of Quebec City's first fortifications is not ...

Jan 21, 2020

Prison watchdog decries 'Indigenization' of Canada's correctional system

OTTAWA - Canada's prison ombudsman says disturbing and entrenched imbalances mean the proportion of Indigenous people in federal custody has hit a record high of more than 30 per cent. Correctional in...

Jan 21, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

Trudeau stays mum on Sussexes' security costs as Harry returns to B.C.

WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is refusing to say who will cover security costs for Prince Harry and his family while they are in Canada. At a news conference in Winnipeg today, Trudeau...

Jan 21, 2020

Parks Canada says no to gondola proposed from Banff townsite to Mount Norquay

BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada has rejected a proposed gondola to take skiers and hikers from Banff townsite to the summit at the Mount Norquay ski resort. The agency has been considering ...

Jan 21, 2020

Canada, allies push Iran to co-operate on Ukraine plane's black boxes

OTTAWA - Canada and its allies are pushing Iran to move the black boxes from the Ukrainian jetliner it shot down to a facility that can quickly download its crucial flight data. Fo...

Jan 21, 2020

Full parole for Toronto cop who shot teen Sammy Yatim on empty streetcar

TORONTO - A police officer who fatally shot a distraught teenager on an empty Toronto streetcar in 2013 has won full parole. The only restriction on James Forcillo is that he have no contact...

Jan 21, 2020