Canada

Beef recall expands as Toronto slaughterhouse co-operates with food watchdog

A large recall of raw beef and veal products continued to expand this week with Canada's food watchdog issuing safety warnings about dozens of items sold at restaurants and retail outlets includi...

Oct 16, 2019

Alberta introduces legislation allowing access to partner's criminal records

EDMONTON - Alberta is introducing legislation first developed in Britain that allows people in abusive relationships to request information about a partner's criminal record. Premier Ja...

Oct 16, 2019

Jury sequestered in case of Quebec man charged in murders of ex-wife, stranger

ST-JEROME, Que. - The jury has been sequestered in the case of a Quebec man charged with two murders, including that of his ex-wife. Jurors will begin deliberating Thursday after getting fin...

Oct 16, 2019

Broncos families head to Alberta legislature to fight for trucking changes

EDMONTON - Alberta families affected by the Humboldt Broncos bus crash say they will continue to fight for changes to provincial trucking regulations. Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured wh...

Oct 16, 2019

Lawyers for 'Snowden refugees' demand Trudeau grant asylum before election

OTTAWA - Vanessa Rodel arrived in Canada with her seven-year-old daughter last winter, granted refugee status in Canada as one of seven people who helped shelter American whistleblower Edward Snowden ...

Oct 16, 2019

First Nations displaced by storm share concerns with Scheer campaign

WINNIPEG - Families forced to flee the Lake Manitoba First Nation are expressing frustration around evacuation efforts following a recent snowstorm that's left thousands of people in the province...

Oct 16, 2019

Repeat rent-dodger damages lives of N.S. landlords, brings call for system reforms

HALIFAX - A Halifax coffee shop owner says he's faced homelessness and despair as he tried for over four months to evict someone he called a "professional squatter." Jason Selby sa...

Oct 16, 2019

Marineland to sell 5 belugas to U.S. facility for research and breeding

TORONTO - Marineland has applied for permits to sell five beluga whales to a U.S. facility that plans to use them for research and breeding, which is currently banned in Canad...

Oct 16, 2019

Bloc leader says Tories should have shown love to Quebec earlier in campaign

CANDIAC, Que. - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet says the recent Conservative push for votes in Quebec is too little too late as the prospect of a minority government looms. Blanchet ...

Oct 16, 2019

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in Edmonton Friday for climate strike

EDMONTON - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is planning to be at the Alberta legislature Friday for a climate strike. Climate Justice Edmonton says the 16-year-old Stockholm student will join acti...

Oct 16, 2019