Canada

In the news today, June 7

Five stories in the news for Friday, June 7 --- TRUDEAU CONCLUDING HIS TRIP TO FRANCE TODAY Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is concluding his trip to France today, where he took part in marking the...

Jun 07, 2019

Changes to solitary-confinement bill could address key MMIWG inquiry findings

OTTAWA - The Canadian Human Rights Commission is backing changes to a bill on solitary confinement, agreeing with other advocates that the amendments to the government's proposed law would follow reco...

Jun 07, 2019

Improving Canada's recycling output will take 'radical changes': report

OTTAWA - An analysis of Canada's plastic industry shows the industry producing plastic dwarfs the industry trying to recycle it. The report, completed by consulting firms Deloitte and ChemInfo Se...

Jun 07, 2019

Judge gives prison time to Calgary couple in toddler's infection death

CALGARY - A judge says a mother and father convicted in their toddler's death from an infection pose no threat to society, but prison time is needed to make sure other parents don't fai...

Jun 07, 2019

Killer of Calgary Stampeder must serve 18 years before seeking parole

CALGARY - A judge says the killer of a Calgary Stampeders football player is a dangerous man who must serve 18 years of a life sentence before seeking parole. Nelson Lugela was found guilty earli...

Jun 07, 2019

Inuit plan says climate change can't be separated from social issues

INUVIK, N.W.T. - Climate change affects all parts of life in the North and any plan to deal with it must be just as wide-ranging, says a strategy document to be released today by Canada's Inuit. ...

Jun 07, 2019

Documents show federal push for infrastructure bank to back Via project

OTTAWA - Federal officials are pushing the Canadian Infrastructure Bank to back Via Rail's high-frequency rail project. The government's response to a written question from New Democrat ...

Jun 07, 2019

Education of Nunavut high school students, adult learners found wanting: auditor

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is failing to prepare its high school and mature students for further education or for the working world, says a highly critical report from the federal auditor general...

Jun 06, 2019

Extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou set for early next year

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Supreme Court has accepted a plan by the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would see her extradition hearing begin Jan. 20, more than a year after she ...

Jun 06, 2019

Canadian veterans prepare to return to Juno Beach for 75th anniversary of D-Day

OTTAWA - Albert Roy was a fresh-faced 20-year-old from St. Jean Baptiste, Man., when Canadian, American and British troops stormed ashore on D-Day to begin the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi c...

Jun 06, 2019