Canada

Hockey fan, 8, gets birthday cake with Maple Leaf Foods logo by mistake

MONTREAL - A young Toronto Maple Leafs fan got a big letdown Saturday when a bakery mix-up left him with a birthday cake honouring a packaged meat company instead of his favourite team. The ...

Jan 08, 2020

Calgary neurologist pleads guilty to dozens of assaults dating back to 1980s

CALGARY - A retired neurologist has admitted in court to sexually assaulting 28 female patients over three decades. Keith Hoyte, 71, pleaded guilty to 28 counts as his trial was to begin Monday i...

Jan 08, 2020

Court tosses class action against Gilbert Rozon brought by women claiming abuse

MONTREAL - In a split decision, Quebec's Court of Appeal has thrown out a lower court ruling authorizing a $10 million class-action lawsuit brought against entertainment impresario Gilbert Rozon. The ...

Jan 08, 2020

Investigating the Ukrainian Airlines crash outside Tehran

OTTAWA - The crash of an airplane, anywhere in the world, launches an investigative process with standards for what evidence needs to be collected and who can be involved. Here's how it might work aft...

Jan 08, 2020

B.C. LNG pipeline project to resume work despite opposition, says company

VICTORIA - The company building a natural gas pipeline as part of a $40 billion liquefied natural gas project in northern British Columbia says it plans to resume construction desp...

Jan 08, 2020

Canada will consider more aid for Australia as bush fires burn across country

OTTAWA - Nearly 100 Canadian fire experts have been sent to Australia to help battle one of the worst wildfire seasons the country has ever seen. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne s...

Jan 08, 2020

Iran attack underscores need for new air defences: Canadian Army

OTTAWA - The Canadian Army says the launching of Iranian missiles against military bases in Iraq highlights the need for a new system to defend Canadian troops against enemy air attacks from aircraft,...

Jan 08, 2020

A look at some of the Canadians who died in Iran plane crash

The federal government says at least 63 Canadians were among the 176 people who were killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed after takeoff near Tehran, Iran. Friends and f...

Jan 08, 2020

Iranian-Americans delayed, questioned at border, fuelling fears of profiling

WASHINGTON - North American residents of Iranian descent and their advocates were sounding the racial-profiling alarm Monday after scores of them were subjected to intensive questi...

Jan 08, 2020

Alberta senator wants prime minister and cabinet to meet in the province

OTTAWA - A senator from Alberta is inviting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hold a cabinet meeting in the province. Doug Black says he has written a letter to Trudeau urging him to bring his cab...

Jan 08, 2020