Canada

Hockey reckoning amid renewed call for independent body to probe abuse

VANCOUVER - Amid a reckoning in the NHL and mounting allegations of abuse and harassment in university sports, athletes are renewing a call for an independent body to probe complaints and oversee a un...

Dec 01, 2019

Mexico’s USMCA point man says final details being ironed out to approve pact

OTTAWA - Mexico's point man on the new North American free-trade agreement shed some light on the remaining impediments to finalizing the deal by end of year - suggesting everyone could be shakin...

Dec 01, 2019

Trudeau to attend NATO leaders meeting in U.K., 70th anniversary of alliance

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to attend the NATO leaders meeting next week in the U.K. Trudeau's office says while in London he will meet with allies to mark the 70th anniversary of the No...

Nov 30, 2019

UCP members show overwhelming support for ideas to give Alberta more autonomy

CALGARY - Members of Alberta's United Conservative Party have shown overwhelming support for measures that would give the province more autonomy from Ottawa amid simmering separatist sentiment. A...

Nov 30, 2019

U.S. using fraud allegations to dress up sanctions complaint: Meng's defence

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say the United States is "dressing up" its complaint that she violated sanctions as a case of fraud and have asked the B.C. Supreme Cour...

Nov 30, 2019

Ford, Moe and Higgs to announce deal on development of small nuclear reactors

TORONTO - Three of Canada's premiers will announce they'll fight climate change by working together on small nuclear reactors, a company that's developing the technology says. New Bruns...

Nov 30, 2019

Police say truck driver pulled over to let stolen fire truck pass, but was rear-ended

WINNIPEG - Police allege a stolen fire truck that smashed through the streets of Winnipeg on Friday also crashed into a truck that had pulled over to let the emergency vehicle pass. Charges against&nb...

Nov 30, 2019

Vancouver bans plastic bags, straws, foam containers and other single-use items

Vancouver is bringing in bans on the use of plastic bags, straws and other single-use items, while introducing what the city believes to be a first-of-its-kind fee for disposable cups i...

Nov 30, 2019

Comedian Mike Ward loses appeal over penalty for joke about disabled boy

MONTREAL - Quebec's highest court largely upheld a human right's tribunal's ruling requiring a comedian to pay damages to a disabled singer he mocked, while overturning the part of the ...

Nov 30, 2019

Tory deputy leader apologizes for comparing Pride, St. Patrick's Day parades

Andrew Scheer's second-in-command has apologized after comparing the Conservative leader's decision not to march in a Pride parade to choosing not to take part in a St. Patrick's Day parade. Leona All...

Nov 30, 2019