Canada

Man jailed for role in Winnipeg woman's death during botched robbery

WINNIPEG - Friends and family of an Indigenous woman killed during a botched robbery in Winnipeg say they can finally start healing now that the last man convicted in her death has been sent to p...

May 19, 2019

'Rope-a-dope': Environmentalists say Alberta war room threat won't distract them

EDMONTON - Environmental groups targeted by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney are shrugging off the new government's promised $30-million "war room" to fight criticisms of the province's energy industry. "...

May 19, 2019

Full speed ahead for N.L.'s Liberal minority after election squeaker

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's premier sounded a contrite and co-operative tone Friday, amid all signs that his Liberal government will survive despite being reduced to a minority in T...

May 19, 2019

Hussen axes 'safe country' program as new stats show asylum claims have tripled

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen is doing away with a policy implemented under the Harper government that aimed to tackle a large backlog of refugee claims by limiting rights for a...

May 19, 2019

New B.C. museum policy highlights return of Indigenous remains, artifacts

VANCOUVER - Letters to Scotland sent by a woman from the small settlement of Victoria around 1850 gave Dianne Hinkley more insight into why the bones of her ancestor...

May 19, 2019

Former B.C. polygamous leader guilty in taking child bride to United States

CRANBROOK, B.C. - There's "no room for doubt" that a former leader in a religious sect that practises polygamy in Bountiful, B.C., knew that an underage girl who he removed from Canada to be...

May 19, 2019

Liberals stymie Commons defence committee inquiry into Mark Norman case

OTTAWA - The Liberals used their majority on a House of Commons committee Thursday to block an opposition attempt to launch an inquiry into the failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Con...

May 18, 2019

Senate committee approves dozens of energy-industry-friendly amendments to C-69

OTTAWA - A Senate committee has approved dozens of amendments - primarily aimed at mollifying the energy industry - to the Liberal government's controversial environmental assessment legislation. Bill...

May 18, 2019

NATO researchers consult federal government on foreign election meddling

OTTAWA - Canadian voters have a duty to think critically about the news they consume as foreign-interference threats loom over the coming federal election, a leading NATO researcher says. Janis Sarts,...

May 18, 2019

Montreal researchers create audible hockey puck for visually impaired players

MONTREAL - A team of Montreal university researchers has developed an audible hockey puck they say could revolutionize the sport for blind players. For years, visually impaired hockey players have&nbs...

May 18, 2019