Canada

Ontario court to hear challenge to prison needle ban this week

A constitutional challenge to the federal government's refusal to provide clean needles in prisons is set to be heard by an Ontario court this week. The challenge, filed by former inmat...

Dec 08, 2019

Quebec Premier Francois Legault heads to Hollywood to talk carbon and business

LOS ANGELES - After a tumultous legislature session, Quebec Premier Francois Legault is heading to Hollywood and Silicon Valley, where the future of his province's troubled carbon ...

Dec 08, 2019

Brain injury from domestic abuse a 'public health crisis,' says B.C. researcher

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia mother in her late 30s says there was "no support in sight" after she suffered two serious blows to the head at the hands of different partners more than a decade ago. "...

Dec 08, 2019

Rescue dogs come to Canada in search of forever families

There were dozens of dogs in the back of the van travelling the 1,400 kilometres from Tennessee to the Greater Toronto Area - and one of them was a barker. The trip last year was one of the bigge...

Dec 08, 2019

Conservatives urge Morneau to deliver 'urgent' fall economic update

OTTAWA - The Conservatives are calling on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to deliver an "urgent" fall economic update, including a plan to get back to balance. Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre, the fina...

Dec 08, 2019

"Anne with an E" creator says show won't be revived despite fan petition

TORONTO - The creator of the CBC/Netflix drama series "Anne with an E" said she was "moved to tears" by the fan response to the show's cancellation, but said the series will not be renewed despite the...

Dec 07, 2019

Consensus comes 30 years later that Montreal massacre was an anti-feminist act

MONTREAL - Thirty years after the worst mass shooting in Canadian history, official acknowledgment has come that what happened on Dec. 6, 1989 at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique was an attack on f...

Dec 07, 2019

Chinese ambassador warns Canada against adopting motion calling for sanctions

MONTREAL - China's new ambassador to Canada is threatening "very firm countermeasures" if Parliament adopts a motion calling for sanctions over alleged Chinese human rights abuses again...

Dec 07, 2019

Turkey trouble: Quebec village looks to dump wild bird running afoul in town

MONTREAL - In the small Quebec town of St-Prosper-de-Champlain - population 552 - a newly arrived resident has been trotting around like it owns the place. Mayor France Bedard said its ...

Dec 07, 2019

Speech from the throne steeped in tradition, but this year brings new changes

OTTAWA - The opening of Parliament is steeped in centuries-old traditions, but this year some new elements - including a renovated train station and an astronaut - are bringing a modern touch to the c...

Dec 07, 2019