Canada

Passengers removed from WestJet aircraft after it skids off Halifax runway

HALIFAX - A passenger jet skidded off the end of a runway at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport during a snowstorm on Sunday, but a spokeswoman for WestJet said there...

Jan 07, 2020

Gilbert Rozon sex assault trial to take place over five days in June

MONTREAL - Entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon's trial for rape and indecent assault will take place over five days in June. Crown and defence lawyers appeared before a judge today and ag...

Jan 07, 2020

Striking airport refuellers sit down with employer for first time during strike

MONTREAL - Airplane refuelling workers who are on strike at two Montreal airports say "the ball is in the employer's court" after they presented proposals to Swissport Canada Monday in the first sit-d...

Jan 07, 2020

Trump disregards Canada, allies with killing of Iranian general: ex-ambassador

OTTAWA - Barack Obama's former ambassador to Canada says President Donald Trump's decision to order the killing of a top Iranian general represents the latest instance of the mercurial U.S. president ...

Jan 07, 2020

Maple Leaf cake gets iced and a world junior redux; In The News for Jan. 7

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 7: What we are watching in...

Jan 07, 2020

UN racism committee calls for halt to Site C, Trans Mountain and LNG pipeline

VANCOUVER - A United Nations committee working to end racism is urging Canada to immediately stop the construction of three major resource projects until it obtains approval from affect...

Jan 06, 2020

Father says teen hockey player paralyzed by on-ice collision inspired by support

WINNIPEG - The father of a junior hockey player left paralysed after an on-ice collision says the 19-year-old has been inspired by the outpouring of support he's received from the hockey communit...

Jan 06, 2020

Chairwoman named to improve cancer outcomes for Indigenous Peoples in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Dr. Nadine Caron says she hears difficult stories every day from some of her Indigenous patients in rural British Columbia facing a diagnosis of cancer. They tell her why they di...

Jan 06, 2020

Trudeau's new look matches more serious, businesslike approach to being PM

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau is sporting a new, more serious look to go with his more businesslike approach to being prime minister. He has returned from more than two weeks vacation in Cost...

Jan 06, 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 06, 2020