Canada

Court orders Elections Canada to review moving voting day over religious worries

OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge is ordering Canada's chief electoral officer to take a second look at whether voting day this October needs to be moved because it falls on a Jewish holiday. Election da...

Jul 23, 2019

Scheer says Liberals exaggerating over his call to review Canada Food Guide

ST-HYACINTHE, Que. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the Liberals are exaggerating with their criticism of his call to review the Canada Food Guide. Scheer told reporters today at an agricultur...

Jul 23, 2019

Allstate loses bid to sue whistleblower who alleged policy discrimination

TORONTO - An insurance company was trying to stifle criticism when it sued a former employee who alleged the corporation was discriminating against visible minority drivers, an Ontario court has found...

Jul 23, 2019

Lametti swats back at Ontario attorney general over legal aid spending

OTTAWA - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says the Ontario government's rejecting shared responsibility for legal aid as an "excuse for spending cuts" will leave many of the province's most vuln...

Jul 23, 2019

Artists' work reduced to ash after fire destroys shared Winnipeg studio

WINNIPEG - Some Winnipeg artists have lost nearly their entire life's work in an aggressive fire that reduced a shared studio space to rubble and ash. Performance artist Shawna Dempsey was o...

Jul 23, 2019

A year later, ceremony commemorates victims of the Danforth shooting

TORONTO - The names of the two people killed in a shooting in Toronto's Greektown last year were read aloud in a ceremony meant to honour their memory Sunday afternoon. Those gathered held a...

Jul 23, 2019

Two teens thought to be missing now suspects in 3 northern B.C. deaths

VANCOUVER - RCMP say two British Columbia teenagers who were first thought to be missing are now considered suspects in the deaths of three people in northern B.C. Sgt. Janelle Shoihet says 19-year-ol...

Jul 23, 2019

As death toll rises, scientists struggle to track massive, elusive right whales

HALIFAX - They are among the world's largest creatures, but the planet's 400 remaining North Atlantic right whales are remarkably elusive. Though adult members of this critically endangered speci...

Jul 23, 2019

Trudeau names Royal Bank executive to fill Senate seat in Quebec

OTTAWA - A Royal Bank executive is being named to the Senate. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says that Tony Loffreda will fill a vacant seat in Quebec. The Montreal native and accountant has b...

Jul 23, 2019

AFN chief vows to influence party platforms in advance of federal election

FREDERICTON - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on members to lobby all parties in an effort to influence political platforms ahead of the federal election in October. "Wi...

Jul 23, 2019