Canada

Rules for Conservative leadership race could winnow out the field

OTTAWA - The clock's now officially ticking down on the race to replace Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, with the release of rules and deadlines for the contest likely to winnow down the field ...

Jan 15, 2020

Nathalie Normandeau's request for stay of proceedings to be heard in March

QUEBEC - A Quebec judge will hear a request for a stay of proceedings from former deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau and her co-accused, who were charged in 2016 following a corruption ...

Jan 15, 2020

Peter MacKay confirms his intention to seek Conservative party leadership

OTTAWA - Former Conservative cabinet minister Peter MacKay says he's in the running for leadership of the federal Conservatives.He posted the message to his social media accounts Wednesday, his first ...

Jan 15, 2020

Canadian firefighters expect to use tailored tactics to battle Australia blazes

HALIFAX - As Canadian firefighters boarded flights today to battle blazes in Australia, they noted they will likely have to employ some different tactics than they do to fight loca...

Jan 15, 2020

Students to sing national anthem in Ojibwa at Winnipeg Jets hockey game

WINNIPEG - The national anthem before this Friday's NHL game in Winnipeg won't quite sound the way it usually does. A group of students from the city's Riverbend Community School are set to perfo...

Jan 15, 2020

Feds working on new policies to stop illegal shipments of garbage

OTTAWA - The federal government expects to make some changes this year to keep Canada's garbage from illegally ending up on foreign shores, after needing to bring dozens of shipping containers of rott...

Jan 15, 2020

Andrew Weaver leaves B.C. Greens to sit as Independent, cites family health

VICTORIA - Andrew Weaver is leaving British Columbia's Green party to sit as an Independent. The former party leader says in a news release that he will continue to sit as the legislature member ...

Jan 15, 2020

TSB chair says agency wants answers in deadly Ukraine airline crash

OTTAWA - Canadian air-crash investigators are being given access to the wreckage and have been tapped to help unlock the contents of the data recorders from a Ukraine International Airlines plane down...

Jan 15, 2020

Nuclear alert investigation won't be long and drawn out, minister says

TORONTO - An investigation into a mistaken alert warning of an incident at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station will be completed fairly quickly, Ontario's solicitor general said Monday. Sylvia Jo...

Jan 15, 2020

Competition watchdog probes complaint about political parties' data use

OTTAWA - Canada's competition watchdog is looking into a complaint about the data-harvesting practices of the main federal political parties. In its complaint to the commissioner of competition, ...

Jan 15, 2020