Canada

Alberta introduces amended Education Act; Opposition says LGBTQ kids at risk

EDMONTON - Alberta is overhauling its framework for grade-school education for the first time in a generation, but the Opposition says it's just a cover to out gay kids and expose ...

Jun 05, 2019

Aging Haida totem comes down during ceremony outside Royal B.C. Museum

VICTORIA - An aging totem pole that told the story of a murdered woman was lowered during a ceremony outside Victoria's Royal British Columbia Museum. Dancers circled the replica Haida mortuary pole, ...

Jun 05, 2019

Indigenous police chief calls for governments to implement MMIWG recommendations

MONTREAL - The head of the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association is calling on Ottawa and Quebec to address the chronic underfunding of Indigenous police forces outlined in this week's repor...

Jun 05, 2019

Woman takes federal border agency to court after trusted-traveller pass pulled

OTTAWA - A woman says her father's poor memory, not a desire to skirt the rules, resulted in Canadian authorities cancelling her trusted-traveller card after she allegedly failed to declare several th...

Jun 05, 2019

Environment groups say oil industry asks will lead to 'climate chaos'

OTTAWA - Several of Canada's leading environment groups say election demands from Canada's oil industry earlier this week are a direct attack on the future health and prosperity of Canadians. The diff...

Jun 05, 2019

Combat boots marking D-Day anniversary end cross-country journey in Halifax

HALIFAX - A pair of combat boots symbolizing the journey taken by Canadian soldiers who fought in the Second World War arrived in Halifax Monday, completing a cross-Canada journey by train that b...

Jun 05, 2019

Ottawa's spring floods put last round of repairs to the test

OTTAWA - A new round of repairs is in store for pathways around Parliament Hill, after the second major flood in three years. Water levels on the Ottawa River remain a metre above normal and crews wor...

Jun 05, 2019

Meet the taxidermist who's building a bigger rack for Mac the Moose

MOOSE JAW, Canada - Rion White is a world champion taxidermist, but the Moose Jaw man is still nervous about sculpting new antlers for the city's icon - Mac the Moose. White and his team at ...

Jun 05, 2019

Ottawa hit with another tornado, residents complain they got no warning

OTTAWA - Environment Canada is reviewing its public alerts system after residents of a suburban Ottawa neighbourhood hit by a tornado Sunday were never warned that one was on the way. T...

Jun 05, 2019

Canada OK with EU plan to help WTO deal with Trump disruption: Carr

OTTAWA - Canada's trade minister is endorsing a European Union plan to set up an alternative to the World Trade Organization's appeals panel, in case a U.S. refusal to appoint new members paralyzes it...

Jun 05, 2019