Canada

Scientists using aerial drones to compare northern and southern whale behaviour

VANCOUVER - A University of British Columbia scientist says he was delightedly caught off guard when he spotted a southern resident killer whale calf appearing to use a fish as her teething ring and s...

Nov 06, 2019

Celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary, wife sued in deadly boat crash

TORONTO - A fatal boat crash on an Ontario lake this summer has prompted a wrongful death lawsuit against celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary and his wife Linda O'Leary, who was dr...

Nov 06, 2019

Kasirer praised for keen mind, collegiality at Supreme Court welcoming ceremony

OTTAWA - Colleagues praised Nicholas Kasirer as a nimble legal mind and devoted professional Monday at a ceremony to welcome the newest member of the Supreme Court of Canada. The fluently bilingual Ka...

Nov 06, 2019

SeaBus affected as Metro Vancouver transit strike reaches Day 4 with no talks

VANCOUVER - Job action by Metro Vancouver transit workers is into a fourth day with more sailing cancellations on a pedestrian ferry connecting Vancouver to the North Shore, and a warni...

Nov 06, 2019

MP Dominic LeBlanc discharged from Montreal hospital following stem cell transplant

MONTREAL - Re-elected federal Liberal Dominic LeBlanc has been discharged from a Montreal hospital following a successful stem cell transplant. LeBlanc said in a statement today he is feeling str...

Nov 06, 2019

Conservative post-election gathering gets underway on Parliament Hill

OTTAWA - Members of the federal Conservative caucus have gathered on Parliament Hill to sift the ashes of the 2019 federal election campaign - and contemplate the future of leader Andrew Scheer. The m...

Nov 06, 2019

Elizabeth May resigning as Green party leader, names Jo-Ann Roberts successor

OTTAWA - Elizabeth May officially left her post as the leader of the federal Green party Monday after 13 years in the role. May, 65, said she made a promise to her daughter that the 2019 cam...

Nov 06, 2019

Doug Ford offers to host premiers' meeting to discuss national unity

TORONTO - National unity was top of mind for Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday as he offered to host a meeting of provincial leaders to address what he called Western Canada's al...

Nov 06, 2019

Quebec renames hydroelectric installations after late premier, Bernard Landry

MONTREAL - A hydroelectric project in far northern Quebec has been renamed after a former premier described Monday as courageous, visionary and compassionate, and whose personal relatio...

Nov 06, 2019

Nunavut government services affected by weekend ransomware attack

IQALUIT, Nunavut - First, someone using a government of Nunavut computer clicked on a link they shouldn't have. Next, there was a message saying: "If you want your data back, then please contact ...

Nov 06, 2019