Canada

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

MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has largely upheld a human right's tribunal's ruling requiring a comedian to pay damages to a disabled singer he mocked. In a split decision, two of the three ...

Nov 28, 2019

Five things to know about the CN Rail strike

OTTAWA - The week-long strike of about 3,200 workers at the Canadian National Railway Co. is set to end after the Teamsters Canada union reached a tentative agreement with the company. The w...

Nov 28, 2019

Mother of Robert Dziekanski has died during visit to Poland: friend

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The mother of Robert Dziekanski, whose death after a confrontation with RCMP officers in 2007 led to a public inquiry, has died in Poland. A friend confirmed the death of Zo...

Nov 28, 2019

Missing persons DNA database helps identify remains of homeless man in Calgary

CALGARY - The body of a missing man has been identified through the national missing persons DNA databank in what Calgary police say is a first in Canada. The database is operated by the RCMP and was ...

Nov 28, 2019

Opponents argue Bill 21 affects women more than men and is unconstitutional

MONTREAL - Opponents of Quebec's secularism law introduced a new legal argument in Appeal Court Tuesday, saying that Bill 21 disproportionately affects women and therefore violates the Constitution. L...

Nov 28, 2019

Premiers need to quit picking fights and focus on Canadians: Ball

OTTAWA - Premiers should quit picking fights with the prime minister - and with each other - if they want to maintain national unity, the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador said Tuesday. Premier Dwi...

Nov 28, 2019

End assault-style gun sales now, Polytechnique survivors group tells Liberals

OTTAWA - A leading voice for stricter gun control is calling on the Liberal government to place an immediate moratorium on new sales of assault-style firearms as well as a permanent ban...

Nov 28, 2019

Saskatchewan premier says meeting with Freeland more cordial than with Trudeau

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he had a more cordial meeting with Federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland than he did with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Moe an...

Nov 28, 2019

CN, Teamsters reach tentative strike deal, economic fallout still top of mind

MONTREAL - An end to a nationwide rail strike that has gripped the country for eight days is within sight, but concerns linger over the economic fallout. Canadian National Railway Co. and Te...

Nov 28, 2019

Snowbirds aerobatics team to return to Canada after crash in U.S.

OTTAWA - The Canadian military's Snowbirds aerobatics team is returning home after a crash grounded the planes in the U.S. for more than a month. Military investigators are still trying to determ...

Nov 28, 2019