Canada

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 28, 2019

Always ticking: Canada's population clock shows demographic changes in real time

A Quebecer moves to the Northwest Territories, a family in Newfoundland and Labrador welcomes a new arrival, another in British Columbia mourns a loss, an immigrant settles somewhere in Onta...

Jun 28, 2019

Canadian trash from Philippines set to arrive in Vancouver Saturday

OTTAWA - Containers of Canadian trash that festered in the Philippines for years are set to arrive home just in time to celebrate the country's 152nd birthday. The Anna Maersk is scheduled t...

Jun 28, 2019

Quebec mother to serve at least 10 years in killing of young daughters

LAVAL, Que. - A Quebec mother convicted in the killings of her two young daughters was clearly suffering from mental illness even if she was found criminally responsible for her act, a Quebec Sup...

Jun 28, 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 28, 2019

Manitoba premier to raise Quebec religious symbol law with western premiers

EDMONTON - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he will be seeking a joint response to Quebec's new religious symbols law when western premiers meet on Thursday in Edmonton. "That is, certa...

Jun 28, 2019

Spate of right whale deaths has almost wiped out recent population gains

HALIFAX - A leading whale expert says confirmation that a sixth North Atlantic right whale has died in Canadian waters this season is devastating for the critically endangered species. ...

Jun 28, 2019

Montreal's new Samuel De Champlain Bridge officially inaugurated

Montreal's new Samuel de Champlain Bridge was officially inaugurated today, and will fully open to traffic on Canada Day. Today's inauguration comes 57 years to the day the first Champlain Bridge...

Jun 28, 2019

Twitter joins Facebook in creating registry for online political ads

OTTAWA - Twitter is creating a registry of all online political ads posted on its platform during this fall's federal election campaign. But the social media giant will ban political advertisemen...

Jun 28, 2019

Supreme Court orders new trial over use of sexual history in Edmonton case

OTTAWA - Canada's top court says an Edmonton man shouldn't have been able to tell a jury that he was in a "friends-with-benefits" relationship with an alleged sexual assault victim. Patrick John Goldf...

Jun 28, 2019