Canada

Metro Vancouver bus drivers plan action as contract talks break off

VANCOUVER - The union representing 5,000 bus drivers in Metro Vancouver says contract talks have broken off, setting the stage for the start of job action on Friday. Unifor ha...

Nov 02, 2019

Two Toronto firefighters hurt, one critically, battling downtown blaze

TORONTO - A veteran fire captain was critically injured and a colleague broke a leg after they fell from a roof while battling a downtown blaze, authorities said on Saturday. The pair were part of a t...

Nov 02, 2019

Despite congressional chaos, Pelosi sends positive signals on ratifying USMCA

WASHINGTON - Amid the swirling chaos of impeachment proceedings on Capitol Hill, Nancy Pelosi is sounding bullish about the chances Congress may soon vote to ratify a modified version of Donald T...

Nov 02, 2019

N.S. jury views video of man dying in jail with spit hood over head

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia jury has viewed video of a man heaving in a jail cell while wearing a spit hood, in a case where the Crown alleges two special constable...

Nov 02, 2019

Efforts to ditch seasonal time change gaining steam

The British Columbia government's effort to formally do away with seasonal time changes marks the most decisive move in a debate that's quietly raged across Canada for years. At least two ot...

Nov 02, 2019

Toronto councillors pass motion condemning Quebec's secularism bill

Quebec Premier Francois Legault defended the province's controversial secularism bill on Thursday after yet another municipal council passed a motion this week condemning the legislation. Toronto...

Nov 02, 2019

Police looking for three suspects after five teenagers shot in Toronto

TORONTO - Cleaners were removing large bloodstains splattered along the hallway of a Toronto residential building on Thursday following a shooting that sent five teenagers to hospi...

Nov 02, 2019

New Brunswick slavery connections: Portrait of Ludlow removed from law school

FREDERICTON - Pressure is mounting to have the University of New Brunswick remove George Duncan Ludlow's name from its law faculty building in Fredericton because of his connection...

Nov 02, 2019

Wildlife group reminds of pollution dangers after pelican hurt in B.C. lake

BURNABY, B.C. - An endangered American white pelican faces a long recovery after being injured by some fishing line discarded in a British Columbia lake. The Wildlife Rescue Association says in a...

Nov 02, 2019

Winnipeg man charged with attempted murder after three-year-old boy stabbed

WINNIPEG - There is candy beside Hunter Haze Straight-Smith's hospital bed where his family has been in prayer since the three-year-old boy was brutally stabbed while asleep in his bed. He was in crit...

Nov 02, 2019