Canada

Jagmeet Singh to lay out NDP priorities in meeting with Trudeau Thursday

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh will meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday, where he will lay out his priorities in the hopes of using his party's position in a minority Parliamen...

Nov 13, 2019

Small group of Cherry supporters protest his firing outside Rogers headquarters

TORONTO - About 20 people gathered peacefully outside Rogers headquarters on Wednesday afternoon to protest the firing of hockey commentator Don Cherry. Some Cherry supporters stood silently on the si...

Nov 13, 2019

Class action over fudged Volkswagen emissions tests can go ahead: Supreme Court

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by Volkswagen and Audi to dismiss a class action in Quebec seeking compensation for air pollution from cars that gave false results in emissions test...

Nov 13, 2019

Alberta independence ideas would increase costs, says Calgary mayor

Calgary's mayor says ideas being floated to give Alberta more independence from the federal government would be costly. Naheed Nenshi says wresting control from Ottawa over things like ...

Nov 13, 2019

Conservatives' Scheer wants Trudeau to open Parliament on November 25

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will present a to-do list to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday that begins with a specific request: call the House of Commons back...

Nov 13, 2019

Canada supports genocide case against Myanmar at International Court of Justice

OTTAWA - Veteran politician Bob Rae says he will return as Canada's special envoy for Myanmar to help build support for a genocide lawsuit against that country's government over its forced expulsion o...

Nov 13, 2019

Canada among three G20 countries least likely to hit emissions targets: report

OTTAWA - Canada's plan to meet its greenhouse-gas emissions targets is among the worst in the G20, according to a new report card on climate action. Climate Transparency issued its annual report ...

Nov 13, 2019

Virtual reality teaching about N.S. group home abuse transforms shame into respect

HALIFAX - Fifteen-year-old Christian Ofume stands with Tony Smith and discusses the virtual reality education he's just received, detailing how, as children, Smith and other residents of a Halifa...

Nov 13, 2019

Family of 2-year-old killed by falling AC unit hires lawyer to investigate

TORONTO - A lawyer representing the family of a two-year-old girl killed by a falling air conditioner says they're conducting an investigation into the circumstances behind the incident. Personal inju...

Nov 13, 2019

Trudeau meets Bloc leader in hunt for support for minority government

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet this morning as he looks for support for his new minority government in Parliament. Trudeau is sitting do...

Nov 13, 2019