Canada

NewsAlert: Trudeau says new cabinet to be sworn in on Nov. 20

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will unveil his new cabinet on Nov. 20 and is vowing to work with opposition parties - his first public comments since election night when voters handed ...

Oct 23, 2019

Halifax ceremony marks 50th anniversary of Navy's worst peacetime accident

HALIFAX - A ceremony was held today to commemorate the worst peacetime accident in the history of the Royal Canadian Navy, which happened 50 years ago in seas off England. An explosion ...

Oct 23, 2019

'Everything is interrelated:' Scientists write family tree for tree of life

Scientists have written the family tree for the tree of life. Researchers from around the world and several Canadian universities say it's taken nine years of work to analyze the genetics of 1,100 pla...

Oct 23, 2019

Upstart People's Party had little impact on election results: Analysis

OTTAWA - Conservatives worried the upstart People's Party of Canada would result in a vote-split on the right can rest a little easier. A riding-by-riding analysis by The Canadian Press shows while th...

Oct 23, 2019

Feral cats roaming N.L. island face uncertain future as humans prepare exit

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Animal lovers in Newfoundland and Labrador are seeking help for dozens of feral cats facing an uncertain future as the humans in the small town where they p...

Oct 23, 2019

Closing arguments: Crown says accused in Edmonton attack meant to cause chaos

EDMONTON - A Crown prosecutor says a man accused of stabbing an Edmonton police officer and striking four pedestrians with a van went to extraordinary lengths to cause as much "chaos, destruction and ...

Oct 23, 2019

Police investigate after man, two children found dead in apparent murder suicide

Montreal police are investigating the discovery of the bodies of two children and their father as an apparent double murder followed by a suicide. Police say a woman phoned 911 just after 9 p.m. ...

Oct 23, 2019

Three charged in connection with protest outside PPC event in Hamilton

Three people have been charged in connection with a protest outside an event featuring People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier in Hamilton last month, including a man whose famil...

Oct 23, 2019

Oilsands carbon liability at centre of closely watched New York fraud lawsuit

Alberta's oilsands are at the centre of a closely watched court battle in New York today. The state's attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of misrepresenting the risks the operations face as gover...

Oct 23, 2019

'Not taking shots:' Defacer of Thunberg mural in Edmonton wanted voice heard

EDMONTON - A man says he defaced a mural of teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg because he wanted to take a stand peacefully and the artist who created it says he doesn't mind. James ...

Oct 23, 2019