Canada

Three injured, hiker after severe storm smashes Saskatchewan campground

GOODSOIL, Sask. - A windstorm that may have been a tornado snapped trees and caused numerous injuries at a Saskatchewan provincial park that was full of campers who were enjoying the Canada ...

Jun 30, 2019

Vancouver Island treaty agreement in principle includes West Coast trail lands

VICTORIA - A popular British Columbia backcountry trail known for challenging hikers is slated to become part of a treaty agreement in principle between the federal and provincial governments and two ...

Jun 30, 2019

CBSA has removed fewer than 900 of 45,000 'irregular' asylum-seekers since 2017

OTTAWA - The Canada Border Services Agency has removed fewer than 900 "irregular" asylum-seekers who have applied for refugee protection in Canada through a loophole in asylum laws...

Jun 30, 2019

New natural-gas power plants to pay carbon tax on all emissions by 2030

OTTAWA - The federal government is increasing the carbon tax on new natural-gas plants to discourage power companies from building them. The change is part of final regulations for the government...

Jun 30, 2019

What's in a name? How Canada's national birthday as we know it came to be

Many hail July 1 as Canada Day, others may hearken back to when the nation's birthday was labelled Dominion Day, and some may wish to ignore it altogether, just like those who refu...

Jun 30, 2019

Former PM Harper offers help on trade, but staying 'neutral' in UK Tory race

Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he's willing to help the next British prime minister negotiate a divorce deal with the European Union - but he's not taking sides in the race to decide who th...

Jun 30, 2019

Bills now take almost three times as long to get through the Senate

OTTAWA - Bills are spending more than twice as long in the Senate since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's reforms to the upper house of Parliament, raising the question of who should get the credit...

Jun 30, 2019

Ontario community sets Guinness World Record for largest human maple leaf

TRENTON, Ont. - An Ontario municipality now has bragging rights after setting the record for the largest human maple leaf over the Canada Day long weekend. Nearly 4,000 people participated in forming ...

Jun 30, 2019

SNC-Lavalin opts for corruption trial before judge alone

MONTREAL - Lawyers representing SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. have opted for trial by judge alone in a corruption case that has loomed over the Montreal-based engineering giant. The company was ordered to st...

Jun 30, 2019

Americans head to Canada to buy cheap insulin; some worry about supply here

TORONTO - The soaring cost of insulin in the United States prompted a group of American diabetics to head to Canada on Friday to buy the non-prescription drug at a fraction of the price. The group of ...

Jun 30, 2019