Canada

Ottawa orders tight new restrictions on sugary, purified high-alcohol drinks

OTTAWA - New restrictions on sugary, purified alcoholic beverages took effect Thursday, following several months of federal consultations and at least two deaths over an 18-month span. The a...

May 25, 2019

'Absolutely horrific:' RCMP allege 17 children abused on Manitoba First Nation

WINNIPEG - Two men and a foster mother have been charged following an investigation that police say found at least 17 children who were sexually and physically abused in a Manitoba Indigenous com...

May 25, 2019

Canadian Human Rights Museum could include Quebec's secularism legislation

QUEBEC - The Quebec government's latest attempt to legislate on secularism could find its way into the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. The Legault government's B...

May 25, 2019

A timeline of official apologies from the federal government

OTTAWA - When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday exonerated Chief Poundmaker in Saskatchewan, it was the latest in a long list of government efforts to apologize for past wrongs. Here...

May 25, 2019

Conservatives urge Liberals to expedite promised relief for canola farmers

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives said Thursday they're hearing from frustrated canola producers who are still waiting for financial relief recently promised by the Liberal g...

May 25, 2019

Philippines dismisses Canada's plan to bring garbage back by end of June

OTTAWA - The Philippines has rejected Canada's late-June timeline for repatriating its garbage and is moving forward with plans to ship it back to Canada itself. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo...

May 25, 2019

Trump says he has Dems' support for NAFTA despite 'crazy Nancy' Pelosi

OTTAWA - President Donald Trump says he has enough Democratic support to ratify the new North American free-trade pact despite his feud with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, t...

May 25, 2019

North Vancouver RCMP seek skier whose pole caused brain injury to B.C. teen

VANCOUVER - A North Vancouver family is joining with RCMP to urge a skier to come forward and explain how his ski pole left a 13-year-old boy with a serious brain injury. Max Keir was skiing on Grouse...

May 25, 2019

Premier Legault to force the Caisse to purchase REM trains made in Quebec

MONTREAL - Premier Francois Legault says his government will force the Caisse to purchase trains made in Quebec as part of the extension of Montreal's Reseau Express Metropolitain light-rail system. L...

May 25, 2019

Scheer promises mandatory sentence of five years for child abuse

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer pledged Thursday to get tough on crime with mandatory minimum sentences of five years for anyone convicted of abusing children. Scheer, who ma...

May 25, 2019