Canada

Health groups take aim at flavoured vapes in new public awareness campaign

TORONTO - Two Canadian health advocacy groups launched a public awareness campaign Wednesday taking aim at flavoured vape products, with a pointed advertisement that highlights how the products are ma...

Jan 08, 2020

Chair named to improve cancer outcomes for Indigenous Peoples in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Dr. Nadine Caron says she hears difficult stories every day from some of her Indigenous patients in rural British Columbia facing a diagnosis of cancer. They tell her why they di...

Jan 08, 2020

Newlyweds, professors, students among Edmonton victims of plane crash in Iran

EDMONTON - Amir Samani never got a chance to personally congratulate his two friends on their wedding in Iran and he can't believe that he never will. Arash Pourzarabi and Pouneh Gorji were ...

Jan 08, 2020

Texas murder suspect arrested in Halifax ordered held following detention review

MONTREAL - A man suspected of murder in Texas and arrested by police in Halifax in December will remain detained following another hearing before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada on Wednesd...

Jan 08, 2020

Natural gas pipeline company posts 72-hour notice to clear way in northern B.C.

HOUSTON, B.C. - A natural gas pipeline company has posted an injunction order giving opponents 72 hours to clear the way toward its work site in northern British Columbia, although the company sa...

Jan 08, 2020

Hockey fan, 8, gets birthday cake with Maple Leaf Foods logo by mistake

MONTREAL - A young Toronto Maple Leafs fan got a big letdown Saturday when a bakery mix-up left him with a birthday cake honouring a packaged meat company instead of his favourite team. The ...

Jan 08, 2020

Calgary neurologist pleads guilty to dozens of assaults dating back to 1980s

CALGARY - A retired neurologist has admitted in court to sexually assaulting 28 female patients over three decades. Keith Hoyte, 71, pleaded guilty to 28 counts as his trial was to begin Monday i...

Jan 08, 2020

Court tosses class action against Gilbert Rozon brought by women claiming abuse

MONTREAL - In a split decision, Quebec's Court of Appeal has thrown out a lower court ruling authorizing a $10 million class-action lawsuit brought against entertainment impresario Gilbert Rozon. The ...

Jan 08, 2020

Investigating the Ukrainian Airlines crash outside Tehran

OTTAWA - The crash of an airplane, anywhere in the world, launches an investigative process with standards for what evidence needs to be collected and who can be involved. Here's how it might work aft...

Jan 08, 2020

B.C. LNG pipeline project to resume work despite opposition, says company

VICTORIA - The company building a natural gas pipeline as part of a $40 billion liquefied natural gas project in northern British Columbia says it plans to resume construction desp...

Jan 08, 2020