Canada

Controversial Chateau Laurier expansion not good enough, McKenna says

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna wants the owners of the iconic Chateau Laurier by Parliament Hill to come up with another plan for an addition to the historic hotel even after Ottawa's...

Jul 13, 2019

Victoria should have sought provincial approval before plastic bag ban: court

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top court has quashed a bylaw prohibiting single-use plastic bags in Victoria, saying the city failed to get the approval of the province's environment minister. The B.C....

Jul 13, 2019

Trudeau stresses balancing economy, environment during brief Stampede visit

CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the only way to get projects like the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion built is by finding compromise between growing the economy and protecting the envir...

Jul 13, 2019

Cases dropped, charges lowered as court-martial system remains in limbo

OTTAWA - Canadian military prosecutors and police have dropped several cases and are changing the way they lay charges as they wait for the Supreme Court to decide whether the military-justice system ...

Jul 13, 2019

Dozens injured aboard Air Canada flight after plane hits turbulence

MONTREAL - Thirty people were sent to hospital with injuries after an Air Canada flight travelling from Toronto to Sydney, Australia, hit severe turbulence and was forced to divert to H...

Jul 13, 2019

Freeland calls ex-envoy's advice to China about election 'highly inappropriate'

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is seeking to distance the Trudeau government from its former ambassador to China, a day after he said he has warned Chinese officials that further ...

Jul 13, 2019

Canadian citizen has been detained in China, Global Affairs confirms

OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says a Canadian citizen has been detained in Yantai, China. The department says officials have provided consular services to the person in custody. It said in an email s...

Jul 13, 2019

More 'work to do' to mobilize Canadians on climate change action: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged Thursday that he has more work to do to sell Canadians on further actions to fight climate change, pointing to new premiers elected on vows to ...

Jul 13, 2019

Search resumes for helicopter carrying missing Quebec businessman, teenage son

MONTREAL - Search and rescue teams will continue their search today for a Quebec businessman and his teenage son who've been missing since mid-week after failing to return from a fishing trip in north...

Jul 13, 2019

Developer to return disputed land to Kanesatake Mohawks as ecological gift

MONTREAL - A Quebec land developer has signed an agreement with the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake to return a parcel of pine forest that was central to the Oka crisis that began 29 years...

Jul 13, 2019