Canada

Conservation group calls death of right whale in Gulf of St. Lawrence 'devastating'

FREDERICTON - The head of a wildlife protection group is calling news of a dead right whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence devastating, saying the loss of even one of the endange...

Jun 05, 2019

'Non-trivial dose': Study tries to estimate human consumption of microplastics

New research suggests North Americans eat, drink and inhale tens of thousands of tiny plastic particles every year. University of Victoria biologist Kieran Cox, whose paper was published Wednesday, sa...

Jun 05, 2019

Canadian D-Day film footage among the best known invasion images

HALIFAX - Some of the most vivid film footage of the D-Day landings 75-years ago was shot by a Canadian military film unit using technology obtained from U.S. allies. Unlike the American and British b...

Jun 05, 2019

Killing, violence toward Indigenous women, girls 'not a relic of our past': PM

GATINEAU, Que. - Geraldine Gauthier clutched a picture of her sister, Lynn, as she heard from the federally funded commission tasked with documenting the causes of violence against Indigenous women an...

Jun 05, 2019

Trudeau arrives in United Kingdom for start of the D-Day commemorations

LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in the United Kingdom with U.S. President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May and other world leaders today to begin two days of commemorations f...

Jun 05, 2019

In the news today, June 3

Twelve stories in the news for Monday, June 3 --- CANADA SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AT EMBASSY IN VENEZUELA Canada suspended operations at its embassy in Venezuela on Sunday, saying President ...

Jun 05, 2019

In the news today, June 5

Six stories in the news for Wednesday, June 5 --- D-DAY COMMEMORATIONS BEGIN TODAY IN THE U.K. D-Day commemorations will begin today in the British port city of Portsmouth, where thousands Allied...

Jun 05, 2019

Advocates see prison bill as way to meet calls of Indigenous women inquiry

OTTAWA - The Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies says proposed changes to a bill that aims to end solitary confinement in prisons would help address many recommendations fro...

Jun 05, 2019

Canada needs to triple ocean protection to protect habitats: report

An environmental group says Canada needs to up its game on protecting its oceans. The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society says in a report that while there has been progress in recent years, re...

Jun 05, 2019

Parents on trial: Witness says she told mother to take sick child to hospital

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A friend of an Alberta woman has testified that she advised her to get a medical opinion the day before the woman's 19-month-old son stopped breathing and later died of meningitis....

Jun 05, 2019