Canada

B.C. man takes stand at trial, denies killing daughters and attempting suicide

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver Island man says he didn't kill his two daughters and denies he tried to take his own life. Andrew Berry is testifying in his own defence, charged with two c...

Aug 21, 2019

U.S. secretary of state to meet with Trudeau, Freeland ahead of G7 summit

OTTAWA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Canada later this week to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland. Their meeting comes in advance...

Aug 21, 2019

Conservative Leader Scheer won't 'lift finger' to bring 'Jihadi Jack' to Canada

OTTAWA - Neither the governing Liberals nor the Opposition Conservatives expressed enthusiasm Monday for trying to secure the release of the overseas prisoner dubbed "Jihadi Jack" by th...

Aug 21, 2019

Military faces calls to train soldiers to identify neo-Nazis, hate-group members

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is facing calls to train its recruiters and other service members to identify and screen out members of hate groups. The military is also being accused of failing to...

Aug 21, 2019

With campaign looming, Trudeau makes $1.2B transit announcement in Quebec City

QUEBEC - For the second month in a row, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a billion-dollar funding announcement for public transit in Quebec, a province whose support he badly needs to maint...

Aug 21, 2019

Unrest in Hong Kong not spilling over to demands on Canadian consulate

OTTAWA - Canadians in Hong Kong are watching nervously as tensions escalate between pro-democracy protesters and police but so far, the Canadian consulate in the region is seeing no obvious signs...

Aug 21, 2019

Groups ready large get-out-the-vote campaign to keep youth turnout high

OTTAWA - A coalition of hundreds of groups and activists is working on what is being styled as the largest, non-partisan voter engagement campaign to get young voters to the polls in Oc...

Aug 21, 2019

Trudeau vows to stand firm against 'increasingly assertive' China

MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will seek dialogue with China but won't back down in its defence of Canadians against what he calls an increasingly assertive global powe...

Aug 21, 2019

NDP working to recruit candidates in New Brunswick where roster is bare

OTTAWA - A spokesperson for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh insists the party is working hard to recruit new candidates and get its message out to the people of New Brunswick. The comments come after fo...

Aug 21, 2019

Hotter, larger fires turning boreal forest into carbon source: research

Research suggests that bigger, hotter wildfires are turning Canada's vast boreal forest into a source of climate-changing greenhouse gases. Soil in the forest, which crosses six provinces and two...

Aug 21, 2019