Canada

Alberta's Kenney says push on to strengthen ties, find common ground with Quebec

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta's new Montreal trade office will be just one part of a renewed push in the coming months to strengthen ties and find common ground with Quebec. "...

Feb 09, 2020

'100 per cent racial': Indigenous hockey player's dad rejects report on verbal abuse

WAYCOBAH, N.S. - An investigation into allegations an Indigenous hockey player faced racist taunts during a recent game in Cape Breton concluded the verbal abuse did...

Feb 09, 2020

Feds to fund urgent research into new coronavirus, including social impacts

OTTAWA - As governments and health agencies around the world race to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the federal funding agency for health research is set to back work ...

Feb 09, 2020

Parents in Montreal start petition to add windows to 'bunker-like' school

MONTREAL - Five days a week, students at a high school in one of Montreal's poorest districts spend all day learning math and science in classrooms without windows. In the win...

Feb 09, 2020

'Oil is going to move:' Calls for pipelines after fiery train derailment

GUERNSEY, Sask. - The reeve of a Saskatchewan municipality where a second fiery train derailment has occurred in less than two months says it's time for the federal government to look more seriou...

Feb 09, 2020

'My freedom and my life were stolen from me,' says Diab, suing over extradition

Ottawa sociology professor Hassan Diab says his long fight against accusations of terrorism wiped out his savings and caused chronic stress, depression and severe insomnia, prompting hi...

Feb 09, 2020

Liberals face heat as cost of Trans Mountain expansion hits $12.6 billion

OTTAWA - Expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline will now cost at least $12.6 billion - up from a three-year-old estimate of $7.4 billion on a project Finance Minister Bill Morn...

Feb 09, 2020

PM brings star power to Africa as part of push for UN Security Council seat

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided to bring some star power from the sports world to his game plan in Africa this week, as he pursues support for a seat for Canada on the po...

Feb 09, 2020

Provincial tensions with federal government easing, Kenney, Moe suggest

WASHINGTON - Post-election tensions between the West and the federal Liberal government are showing signs of easing, two of Canada's premiers suggested Friday as provincial leaders fanned out acr...

Feb 09, 2020

Horgan says NDP to highlight 'what we've done, where we're going' this month

VICTORIA - British Columbia's New Democrat government will be pointing out its achievements on affordability and economic fronts while introducing a political agenda for the next year as the...

Feb 09, 2020