Canada

'No questions asked:' Winnipeg parish prays statue's head is returned

WINNIPEG - Members of a Winnipeg church are praying that the head of a bronze statue created by a well-known sculptor and blessed by a pope will be returned. The work depicting St. Volodymyr was decap...

May 24, 2019

Wilson-Raybould, Philpott to announce political futures in ridings

OTTAWA - Two former Liberal cabinet ministers who resigned over the SNC-Lavalin controversy are set to announce their next moves. Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott say they'll announce ...

May 24, 2019

Alberta throne speech followed by bill to repeal provincial carbon tax

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney put forward a bill Wednesday to kill the Alberta carbon tax - and he put Ottawa politicians on notice that if they try to backstop it with their own ...

May 24, 2019

Canada stripping citizenship from Chinese man over alleged marriage fraud

OTTAWA - The federal government is taking the relatively rare step of revoking Canadian citizenship from a Chinese man because he allegedly got it through a bogus ma...

May 24, 2019

Three women sue, alleging sexual assault by Correctional Service guard

OTTAWA - Three women who say they were sexually assaulted by a prison guard have launched a lawsuit against the federal correctional service. The alleged assaults are said to have happened a...

May 24, 2019

Prison assault allegations reported to police three months after brought forward

OTTAWA - The Correctional Service of Canada is apologizing for wrongly saying it called police right away when it heard allegations that a guard in a Nova Scotia institution had sexually assaulted a f...

May 24, 2019

New Afghanistan memorial will be opened to public, Gen. Jonathan Vance says

OTTAWA - Canada's top military commander says soldiers, veterans and their families can now visit the Afghanistan memorial at the new National Defence headquarters. Gen. Jonathan Vance says in a ...

May 24, 2019

New air passenger rights: What they say and when they land

OTTAWA - The federal government unveiled new regulations for air travel Friday, requiring compensation for passengers suffering from flight delays, tarmac delays, trip cancellations and other headache...

May 24, 2019

Scheer vows criminal crackdown on human trafficking in election pledge

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising funding for police, survivor services and public awareness to fight human trafficking as he continues laying planks in his campaign platform. Th...

May 24, 2019

Saskatchewan's highest court denies university's appeal in swimming accident

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by the University of Regina to overturn a jury's verdict that found the school liable after a teen was paralyzed diving into the unive...

May 24, 2019