Canada

Report suggests agriculture needs changes to save climate and farmers

Farming needs to change to help save the climate and farmers themselves, says a national agriculture group. A report released Wednesday by the National Farmers Union concludes that...

Dec 13, 2019

Liberal MPs won't empower themselves to turf Trudeau, control caucus membership

OTTAWA - Liberal backbenchers declined Wednesday to give themselves the power to turf their leader, Justin Trudeau. They also passed up the chance to control who gets expelled from - or...

Dec 13, 2019

Ottawa accepts New Brunswick's carbon-tax proposal

OTTAWA - New Brunswick consumers will get a break at the gas pumps come April, after the federal government approved the province's carbon-tax proposal Wednesday. It is the second time this week ...

Dec 13, 2019

B.C. plane crash victim identified; witnesses describe 'explosion'

GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. - Friends are identifying a kind, caring and skilled pilot among those killed in a plane crash on Gabriola Island. Alex Bahlsen was born in Germany and moved to Cayley, Alta...

Dec 13, 2019

After announcing resignation, Scheer misses last question period before break

OTTAWA - The day after Andrew Scheer abruptly announced he won't be leading the Conservative party for much longer, he is leaving his deputy to lead the charge against the government in question perio...

Dec 13, 2019

Brad Wall not interested in Conservative party leadership

REGINA - Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall says he's not interested in running for the Conservative party leadership. His is one of the names being tossed around in Conservative circles ...

Dec 13, 2019

Police investigate after woman, two young sons found dead in east-end Montreal home

MONTREAL - Police officers who showed up at an east-end Montreal home Wednesday morning to break the news of a family member's death instead discovered the bodies of a 42 year-old-woman and ...

Dec 13, 2019

Bill to ratify new North American trade deal coming in short order: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Opposition parties' public fretting over aspects of the newly revised North American free-trade deal - a pact tweaked this week to win American lawmakers' support - suggests the agreemen...

Dec 13, 2019

AG Lametti looking ahead to larger reforms on doctor-assisted death

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking his justice minister to move quickly to respond to a recent court ruling on doctor-assisted death. David Lametti received his new mandate let...

Dec 13, 2019

Crown corporation immune from taxation, but still might have to pay GST: Court

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says the B.C. agency responsible for managing public-sector pension plan investments is constitutionally immune from remitting the goods-and-services tax to the fe...

Dec 13, 2019