Canada

B.C. families left broken and confused when kids' deaths labelled 'gang-related'

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - As Jessica Sherman flips through a photo album documenting the short life of her cousin, Harwin Baringh, she stops at an image of him as a young boy reaching out to the camera. She ...

Aug 26, 2019

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

VANCOUVER - The father of a suspected killer of three people in northern British Columbia is trying to access a video his son took which details his last wishes before his death. A lawyer fo...

Aug 25, 2019

Ottawa ready to pass law forcing CN to restore rusting Quebec Bridge

Ottawa says its ready to take ownership of the aging Quebec Bridge or pass legislation forcing the Canadian National Railway to restore the historic structure. Quebec City leaders have been tryin...

Aug 25, 2019

Timing of Bank of Canada's next statement gives it potential to tinge election

OTTAWA - Canadians last heard the Bank of Canada's take on the economy in the early days of summer - and the timing of its next update has the potential to tinge pol...

Aug 25, 2019

G7 leaders should step up own climate plans to help the Amazon, Greenpeace says

OTTAWA - Some Canadian environment groups are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to put the brakes on attempts to seal a free trade agreement with Brazil until stronger policies to protect the Amazo...

Aug 25, 2019

Feds, First Nations eye first Indigenous self-government agreement in Ontario

OTTAWA - Negotiations have concluded on a proposed self-government agreement in Ontario that the federal government says would be the first of its kind if ratified. The milestone shows groundwork...

Aug 25, 2019

Code Orange: inside a Toronto hospital's preparation for the next catastrophe

TORONTO - The warning signalling a mass casualty situation blares out from the overhead speakers in the emergency department at St. Michael's Hospital minutes before the first patient shuffles in with...

Aug 25, 2019

Senate's new independence so good it should be enshrined in law: Harder

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government's changes aimed at making the upper chamber a more independent place have worked so well that they should be made permanent, the Liberals' representative in the Se...

Aug 25, 2019

A look at policy areas scrutinized by a new book on the Trudeau government

OTTAWA - A group of two dozen Canadian academics took a deep dive into the promises and policies of the Trudeau government as part of a new book that examines the prime minister's pledge-ful...

Aug 25, 2019

People's Party outlines seats with prominent candidates in bid to enter debates

OTTAWA - The People's Party of Canada made another bid Friday to convince debate organizers they deserve to be included in two televised events in October. In a letter to the Leaders' Debates Commissi...

Aug 25, 2019