Canada

Montreal to ban stores from dumping unsold clothes, food as part of waste plan

Montreal is hoping to stop perfectly good food and unsold clothing from ending up in landfills as part of a plan to significantly cut waste by targeting the source. The city's point person on the...

Oct 19, 2019

Alberta truck convoy plans counter-protest to climate rally with Greta Thunberg

EDMONTON - A group of Alberta oil and gas supporters is planning a counter-rally Friday as Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg brings her fight for a greener future to the home provinc...

Oct 19, 2019

Man tried twice in case of murdered Winnipeg teen sues for wrongful conviction

OTTAWA - Lawyers representing a man suing the Manitoba government for wrongful conviction say the negative feelings towards their client in Winnipeg remain so intense that he could not find ...

Oct 19, 2019

List grows of Mounties suing attorney general over 2014 Moncton shootings

MONCTON, N.B. - More than a dozen RCMP officers who responded to shootings in Moncton, N.B., that claimed the lives of three of their colleagues in 2014 are now looking to sue the ...

Oct 19, 2019

Quebec town's moose statue won't seek to supplant Moose Jaw, Sask.'s famed Mac

MONTREAL - Mac the Moose can rest easy - a Quebec town that expects to build its own massive moose statue says it doesn't want to beat the record for the world's tallest held by Moose Jaw, Saskat...

Oct 19, 2019

'A mess out here:' Manitoba farmers struggling with wet crops after snowstorm

WINNIPEG - More Manitoba residents saw their electricity restored Thursday - one week after a major snowstorm brought down power poles and transmission towers and delivered another wallop to...

Oct 19, 2019

Quebec man found guilty of first-degree murder in slaying of ex-wife, stranger

ST-JEROME, Que. - A Quebec man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2017 stabbing death of his ex-wife and the fatal beating of an elderly stranger in order to ...

Oct 19, 2019

Leaders pour it on with rallies, boosts for candidates as campaign reaches peak

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has a marathon day of campaigning ahead, starting early this morning near Niagara Falls, Ont., and ending with a late-night rally in Calgary after a stop in Winn...

Oct 19, 2019

Bail hearing in RCMP secrets case to conclude with final submissions

OTTAWA - Final submissions will be made Friday at a bail hearing for Cameron Jay Ortis, a senior RCMP official accused of breaching Canada's official-secrets law. Ortis, 47, is charged with&...

Oct 19, 2019

Prison needle use should be supervised to ensure safety, guards say

OTTAWA - Setting up supervised injection sites at federal institutions is the way to go if the Correctional Service plans to continue making needles available to drug-using inmates, prison g...

Oct 19, 2019