Canada

Canadian trash from Philippines set to arrive in Vancouver Saturday morning

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 26, 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 has been sentenced to serve 10 years in prison before she is eligible for parole. Adele Sorella was convicted in Marc...

Jun 26, 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. Pallister says ...

Jun 26, 2019

Montreal's costly new Champlain Bridge opens to northbound traffic

MONTREAL - Six months late and millions of dollars over budget, Montreal's new Samuel De Champlain Bridge opened to northbound traffic Monday morning, officially beginning the replacement of...

Jun 26, 2019

Canada extends leadership of NATO training mission in Iraq to November 2020

OTTAWA - Canada will lead a NATO training mission in Iraq until November 2020 after the federal government approved an extension to the operation. News of the extension comes as Defence Minister Harji...

Jun 26, 2019

Astronaut David Saint-Jacques returns to Earth, sets Canadian space record

LONGUEUIL, Que. - David Saint-Jacques returned to Earth on Monday after more than six months aboard the International Space Station. The native of Saint-Lambert, Que., has set a record ...

Jun 26, 2019

In the news today, June 26

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, June 26 --- CHINA SEEKS SUSPENSION OF CANADIAN MEAT The Chinese Embassy said Tuesday it has asked Canada to suspend all meat exports,&n...

Jun 26, 2019

MMIW commissioners reconcile Canada Day with their genocide finding

WINNIPEG - When Michle Audette was growing up, Canada Day was not a celebration. It left her feeling bitter. The daughter of a Quebecois father and an Innu mother, Audette didn't see herself in the sc...

Jun 26, 2019

'Somewhere to go:' Sex trafficking victim calls for more safe houses

REGINA - For years, Beatrice Wallace blamed herself. Not only did she feel shame and guilt, but the 46-year-old Regina mother kept it hidden. Her "dirty little secret," as she calls it, was working th...

Jun 26, 2019

Trudeau leans on Trump to help Canadians detained in China at G20 summit

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving for a major international summit in Japan this morning, hoping to make progress, or at least find allies, in a multi-front dispute with China. The G20...

Jun 26, 2019