Canada

Feds rankle provinces with spring timeline for stabilization fund changes

OTTAWA - A federal program that tops up provincial revenues in response to sudden economic downturns won't be getting any changes until at least this spring. Finance ministers in Alberta and Saskatche...

Jan 31, 2020

Desmond inquiry hears of veteran researching and purchasing rifle before killing

HALIFAX - An RCMP investigator testified Wednesday about the planning a former soldier undertook - including researching weapons online - before he shot his fam...

Jan 31, 2020

Crown urges 12 years for two men over violent sexual assault in Toronto bar

TORONTO - A bar owner and his manager convicted of a violent, videotaped gang sex assault of a barely conscious woman deserve 12 years in prison, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. In arguing f...

Jan 31, 2020

Hateful messages flood Quebec premier's Facebook page after he supports Muslims

ST-SAUVEUR, Que. - Quebec cabinet ministers are speaking out about a deluge of hateful comments posted to the premier's Facebook page after he published a message in support o...

Jan 31, 2020

Canadian oil producers prepared for temporary price slump as virus spreads

OTTAWA - Canada's energy industry is not overly alarmed as the new coronavirus coming out of China is taking a bite out of world oil prices. Oil prices began dropping in mid-January when the first con...

Jan 31, 2020

Quebec seal hunter flown to hospital after attack by seal off Nova Scotia

A Quebec seal hunter had to be airlifted to hospital this week after being attacked and seriously injured by a grey seal in Nova Scotia. Denis Eloquin, captain of a sealing ship out of Iles-de-la-Made...

Jan 31, 2020

Despair, resolve among climate activists over USMCA's environmental shortfalls

WASHINGTON - Climate activists in the United States call it an abject failure, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is insisting the new North American trade agreement is a good deal for t...

Jan 31, 2020

'One of the big names of Senate history,' Quebec's Joyal leaves Red Chamber

OTTAWA - In 2014, Justin Trudeau booted senators out of the Liberal caucus as part of his bid to transform Canada's Senate into a more independent, less partisan chamber of sober second thought. Yet o...

Jan 31, 2020

Russian bombers buzzed Canadian airspace: Norad

OTTAWA - Two long-range Russian bombers buzzed Canadian airspace this morning, only days after a senior military officer warned that North America's early warning system is outdated. The North America...

Jan 31, 2020

Things for people in Canada to know about the coronavirus

Canada has three confirmed cases of the new coronavirus that has infected almost 10,000 people globally in the last two months. While the World Health Organization has declared the outbreak ...

Jan 31, 2020