Canada

After blackface scandal, Trudeau shuns photo ops of trick or treating

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has always seemed to relish dressing up for trick or treating with his children but, in the wake of the blackface scandal, he's giving Halloween a miss this...

Oct 31, 2019

Toronto councillors pass motion condemning Quebec's secularism bill

TORONTO - Councillors in Toronto have condemned the Quebec government's secularism bill in the latest step of a growing movement against the controversial legislation. A motion tabled by Toronto ...

Oct 31, 2019

B.C. tables time change law, but clocks still go back one hour Sunday

VICTORIA - British Columbia has introduced legislation that would eliminate the need to change the clocks twice a year with the creation of Pacific time. Attorney General David Eby says the Inter...

Oct 31, 2019

Police looking for three suspects after five teenagers shot in Toronto

TORONTO - Cleaners were removing large bloodstains splattered along the hallway of a Toronto residential building on Thursday following a shooting that sent five teenagers to hospi...

Oct 31, 2019

Baby of Saskatchewan curler who died giving birth released from hospital

SASKATOON - The baby daughter of a promising Saskatchewan curler who died during childbirth last week is home. Aly Jenkins of Warman, Sask., a member of Sherry Anderson's rink, died Oct...

Oct 31, 2019

New Brunswick slavery connections: Portrait of Ludlow removed from law school

FREDERICTON - Pressure is mounting to have the University of New Brunswick remove George Duncan Ludlow's name from its law faculty building in Fredericton because of his connection...

Oct 31, 2019

Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe to employ different style than famous politician father

OTTAWA - Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe recognizes he's got some big shoes to fill as a newly elected Bloc Quebecois MP. His win in the federal riding of Lac-Saint-Jean caught the attention of Quebecers...

Oct 31, 2019

Wildlife group reminds of pollution dangers after pelican hurt in B.C. lake

BURNABY, B.C. - An endangered American white pelican faces a long recovery after being injured by some fishing line discarded in a British Columbia lake. The Wildlife Rescue Association says in a...

Oct 31, 2019

Winnipeg man charged with attempted murder after three-year-old boy stabbed

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man has been charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of a three-year-old boy. Police say Daniel Jensen, who is 33, was arrested on Wednesday and is also charged with a...

Oct 31, 2019

Quebec Muslims 'need to be patient' in face of rejections, mosque founder says

MONTREAL - When residents north of Montreal learned of a plan to transform a local church into a mosque and Islamic cultural centre, the reaction was so strong that parish leaders invoked the 201...

Oct 31, 2019