Canada

MP Dominic LeBlanc discharged from Montreal hospital following stem cell transplant

MONTREAL - Re-elected federal Liberal Dominic LeBlanc has been discharged from a Montreal hospital following a successful stem cell transplant. LeBlanc said in a statement today he is feeling str...

Nov 06, 2019

Conservative post-election gathering gets underway on Parliament Hill

OTTAWA - Members of the federal Conservative caucus have gathered on Parliament Hill to sift the ashes of the 2019 federal election campaign - and contemplate the future of leader Andrew Scheer. The m...

Nov 06, 2019

Elizabeth May resigning as Green party leader, names Jo-Ann Roberts successor

OTTAWA - Elizabeth May officially left her post as the leader of the federal Green party Monday after 13 years in the role. May, 65, said she made a promise to her daughter that the 2019 cam...

Nov 06, 2019

Doug Ford offers to host premiers' meeting to discuss national unity

TORONTO - National unity was top of mind for Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday as he offered to host a meeting of provincial leaders to address what he called Western Canada's al...

Nov 06, 2019

Quebec renames hydroelectric installations after late premier, Bernard Landry

MONTREAL - A hydroelectric project in far northern Quebec has been renamed after a former premier described Monday as courageous, visionary and compassionate, and whose personal relatio...

Nov 06, 2019

Nunavut government services affected by weekend ransomware attack

IQALUIT, Nunavut - First, someone using a government of Nunavut computer clicked on a link they shouldn't have. Next, there was a message saying: "If you want your data back, then please contact ...

Nov 06, 2019

Officer says she noticed nothing unusual with man who died in Halifax jail cell

HALIFAX - A special constable facing criminal charges in an inmate's death testified she didn't notice anything unusual about the prisoner as she checked on him in his cell. Const. Cheryl Gardner says...

Nov 06, 2019

Second World War medals donated to Goodwill returned to soldier's family

CALGARY - Second World War medals discovered in a Calgary thrift store's donation pile have been returned to a fallen soldier's family. The Goodwill shop's manager had said she&nbs...

Nov 06, 2019

Remembrance Way to honour lives lost in Gander during peacekeeping, wartime

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway just east of Gander, N.L., passes two sites that speak to the town's outsized role in the history of war, peacekeeping and their acco...

Nov 06, 2019

Gilbert Rozon renounces right to preliminary hearing in sexual assault case

MONTREAL - The Crown says Quebec entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon has renounced his right to a preliminary hearing and has been ordered to stand trial in a sexual assault case. Rozon, a fou...

Nov 06, 2019