Canada

Canadian universities encourage exchange students in Hong Kong to head home

Some Canadian universities are urging their exchange students in Hong Kong to consider returning home as the semi-autonomous Chinese territory is beset by escalating violence between government offici...

Nov 18, 2019

Bettman declines to weigh in on Cherry, says MacLean "spoke from the heart"

TORONTO - Given the seismic events on "Hockey Night in Canada" in recent days, Sportsnet president Bart Yabsley's scheduled appearance on a roundtable Monday looked like a great get&nbs...

Nov 18, 2019

MacLean says "Coach's Corner is no more" following Cherry's dismissal from HNIC

TORONTO - Ron MacLean addressed Don Cherry's dismissal with a lengthy monologue during the first period intermission of Saturday's "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast, saying "Coach...

Nov 18, 2019

Teachers union files lawsuit against Quebec secularism law, known as Bill 21

MONTREAL - A federation representing 45,000 Quebec teachers is taking the government to court over Bill 21, accusing the province of violating the fundamental rights of teachers across the p...

Nov 18, 2019

Closing arguments begin in legal case over private health care in B.C.

VANCOUVER - A lawyer arguing in favour of a two-tier health care system in British Columbia says the government can't legally justify preventing patients from paying private doctors to alleviate their...

Nov 18, 2019

Shuffle in Senate as Dagenais quits Tories, Downe exits new Liberal group

OTTAWA - Ongoing efforts by senators to distance themselves from party politics took another turn Monday as a Conservative senator quit his caucus over concerns about the party's leader, and an a...

Nov 18, 2019

Alberta government firing election commissioner who was investigating leadership

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government is firing the province's election commissioner, but says it's not because he is investigating the party and has fined it more than $200,000. Fi...

Nov 18, 2019

Crown seeks Supreme Court of Canada hearing in railway terror case

OTTAWA - The Crown is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to review an appeal court's decision to order a new trial for two men convicted of plotting to crash a Via Rail train. In&n...

Nov 18, 2019

Montreal honours 'hero' driver who used SUV to shield pedestrians

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is honouring a man hailed as a hero after he used his SUV to shield pedestrians from a speeding car. Mayor Valerie Plante praised Erick Ma...

Nov 18, 2019

Trudeau pressed to ensure less restrictive assisted-dying law a priority

OTTAWA - Even before he swears in his new cabinet, Justin Trudeau is being urged to ask his new justice minister to move swiftly to make Canada's assisted-dying law less restrictive. Th...

Nov 18, 2019