Canada

Hong Kong activists barred from Pride march after alleged pro-communist threats

MONTREAL - Activists supporting the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong say they were disinvited from marching in Montreal's Pride parade this month after supporters of China's com...

Aug 27, 2019

Oklahoma opioid ruling could pressure pharma companies to settle in B.C.: expert

VANCOUVER - An expert in medicine and law says an Oklahoma court ruling that found Johnson & Johnson helped fuel the opioid crisis and ordered the company to pay US$572 million will indi...

Aug 27, 2019

Billboard company 'appalled' no one taking ownership of Bernier ads

OTTAWA - The owner of the billboards that featured ads promoting Maxime Bernier's stance on immigration says they would have stayed up had the third-party group that paid for them not left h...

Aug 27, 2019

Ambrose disagrees with Scheer's assertion that Trudeau caved to Trump on NAFTA

OTTAWA - The Conservatives' former leader doesn't agree with the current leader's assertion that Canada got taken to the cleaners by Donald Trump on the renegotiated NAFTA. Rona Ambrose, who was inter...

Aug 27, 2019

Canadians asked to find ash trees in a bid to preserve the species

HALIFAX - An invasive insect from Asia is expected to kill almost every ash tree in Canada, but Donnie McPhee has a plan to preserve the species. Co-ordinator f...

Aug 27, 2019

Canadian-trained, all-female military unit going through paces in Jordan

OTTAWA - Thousands of troops from more than two-dozen countries including Canada are kicking off an annual military-training exercise in the Middle Eastern country of Jordan amid heightened tensions b...

Aug 27, 2019

Father of suspected B.C. killer seeks access to video taken before son's death

VANCOUVER - The father of a suspected killer at the centre of a nationwide manhunt is trying to access a video described as his son's "last will and testament," the man's lawyer said Sunday. Alan...

Aug 27, 2019

New trial ordered for men convicted of terror charges in plot to derail train

TORONTO - Two men found guilty of terrorism charges in connection with a plot to derail a passenger train between Canada and the U.S. were granted a new trial Tuesday after Ontario's hi...

Aug 27, 2019

Quebec designer and partner say they were victims of homophobic attack

MONTREAL - A Quebec fashion designer said Sunday that an alleged violent attack against him and his partner over the weekend is proof that homophobia remains a problem in Canada. Markantoine Lync...

Aug 27, 2019

Company to remove pro-Maxime Bernier billboards that criticize 'mass immigration'

OTTAWA - The owner of billboards currently showcasing ads that seek to promote the People's Party of Canada's controversial stance on immigration reversed course on Sunday, saying the company wou...

Aug 27, 2019