Canada

Acts of kindness emerge at chaotic Raptors rally derailed by shooting

TORONTO - When gunshots sparked panic and chaos at a massive outdoor celebration for Toronto's NBA champions this week, some fans caught in the stampede worked to keep others out of danger, at ti...

Jun 21, 2019

Canada will shell out almost $70 billion for its new warships, PBO report says

OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says Canada's 15 new warships will cost almost $70 billion over the next quarter-century. A Canadian government estimate in 2017 pegged the price of the project a...

Jun 21, 2019

Governments earned $186M in pot taxes in 5 1/2 months of legalization: StatCan

Federal and provincial governments earned $186 million in cannabis-related revenue in the first 5 1/2 months since legalization in October, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The Ottawa-based agency&nb...

Jun 21, 2019

Canadian astronaut Saint-Jacques set to return after 'intense adventure' in space

LONGUEUIL, Que. - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is set to return to Earth in less than a week as his mission aboard the International Space Station comes to an end. On Day 199 in orbit, Saint...

Jun 21, 2019

Trudeau to meet Pelosi, McConnell, as well as Trump in Washington

WASHINGTON - Justin Trudeau's meeting with Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday is set to be a deal-making session that could turn on an exchange of favours on North American trade and the plig...

Jun 21, 2019

Latest dead North Atlantic right whale off Canada's coast believed to be female

FREDERICTON - The latest dead North Atlantic right whale spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is believed to be a large female. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the whale was spotted northeast of the I...

Jun 21, 2019

Montreal street to be renamed Atateken after Amherst's fall from grace

MONTREAL - A Montreal street named after the British general Jeffery Amherst is being renamed Atateken Street in honour of the local Indigenous population. Mayor Valerie Plante, Ghislain Pic...

Jun 21, 2019

Analysis: Trudeau-Trump Washington meeting helps end Canada's global loneliness

WASHINGTON - Canada suddenly became a little less lonely in the world after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's meeting in Washington with President Donald Trump this week. Trudeau and Trump found a new s...

Jun 21, 2019

In the news today, June 19

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, June 19 --- FIRST NATION PLANS LEGAL CHALLENGE OF PIPELINE EXPANSION A British Columbia First Nation is promising a legal challenge of ...

Jun 21, 2019

In the news today, June 21

Four stories in the news for Friday, June 21 --- SENATE PASSES TWO CONTROVERSIAL ENVIRONMENTAL BILLS A pair of controversial environmental bills scaled their final hurdle in the Se...

Jun 21, 2019