Canada

High court to decide if it will hear Alberta man's appeal in seniors slayings

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is to release a decision today on whether it will hear an appeal from an Alberta man convicted of killing two seniors who disappeared on a camping trip. Travis Vad...

Dec 05, 2019

Former B.C. mayor sentenced to two years less a day for sexual offences

SMITHERS, B.C. - British Columbia's prosecution service says the former mayor of Burns Lake has been sentenced to two years less a day for sexual offences involving four boys under...

Dec 04, 2019

Inuit sharing ancient knowledge of ice, sea and land with social media app Siku

HALIFAX - A social media app geared towards the outdoor lives of Inuit launched Wednesday with features that tie traditional knowledge to smartphone technology. The Siku app and web platform...

Dec 04, 2019

Trudeau-Trump trip-ups: A brief history of bumps in the leaders' relationship

OTTAWA - The latest snafu in the relationship between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump played out on the public stage of an international summit on Wednesday. But the lead...

Dec 04, 2019

Quebec chief justice criticized for declaring herself 'feminist' at Bill 21 hearing

MONTREAL - Quebec's chief justice declared herself a feminist in court last week and then suggested opposition to the province's secularism law resulted from "visual allergies" to seeing wom...

Dec 04, 2019

Wilkinson says carbon price hikes won't be decided until 2022

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says there will be no decision made about hiking the carbon price beyond $50 a tonne for at least another two years. The Ecofiscal Commission study rel...

Dec 04, 2019

Action plan on missing, murdered Indigenous women coming by June: Bennett

OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the federal government will release by June 2020 its plan to respond to the final report of the inquiry into missing an...

Dec 04, 2019

Scheer warns Liberals his Tories are watching as Parliament prepares to return

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says there will be no more free rides in the House of Commons for the Liberal government. Scheer says his Opposition intends to fight hard now that the days ...

Dec 04, 2019

Ontario not on track to achieving emissions reductions targets: auditor

TORONTO - Ontario is unlikely to meet its 2030 emissions target under its current climate change plan - and Premier Doug Ford's government knows it, the province's auditor gen...

Dec 04, 2019

Jagmeet Singh outlines NDP priorities for throne speech

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his caucus is ready to work with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but he should not take their support for granted. Singh says he is looking for a number of s...

Dec 04, 2019