Canada

Just for Laughs founder asks appeal court to toss class action lawsuit

MONTREAL - Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon's lawyer asked Quebec's highest court Thursday to throw out a $10-million class action lawsuit claiming that the comedy impresario abused at ...

May 16, 2019

Indigenous teen's treatment while disclosing abuse indicative of 'pattern'

OTTAWA - B.C.'s former child representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says the "heinous" treatment of an Indigenous teenager during a 2012 RCMP interrogation reflects a pattern she has seen o...

May 16, 2019

NATO researchers consult federal government on foreign election meddling

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

May 16, 2019

B.C. legislature clerk in spending scandal retires after wrongdoing found

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top legislative official has retired after a report by a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada found he improperly claimed benefits...

May 16, 2019

UFO researcher Stanton Friedman dies after half-century effort to prove alien life

FREDERICTON - Stanton T. Friedman, nuclear physicist, lecturer and world-renowned devotee of extraterrestrial existence, has died at the age of 84. The famed UFO researcher died Monday at To...

May 16, 2019

Liberals push Tories to show climate-policy hand with climate-change motion

OTTAWA - In a battle to see who can prove they care more about the environment, both the Liberals and the federal New Democrats are pushing motions this week to declare climate change a national ...

May 16, 2019

'Dignity and wisdom': Chief justice praises Gascon after final high-court case

OTTAWA - Supreme Court Justice Clement Gascon received a standing ovation today after hearing his final case on the high court. Gascon graciously thanked his family and colleagues, saying it is an imm...

May 16, 2019

Freeland to meet Lighthizer, Grassley in Washington to push for tariff removal

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland played down expectations as she prepared to meet in Washington with Trump trade czar Robert Lighthizer in a renewed push to get punitive s...

May 16, 2019

NS premier told China party official Canadians need to feel 'safe' during visits

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier says he told a senior Communist Party official during trade talks that Canadians need to feel "safe" and protected by the rule of law as he boosts tourism tie...

May 16, 2019

Mother, son in hospital after allegedly being hit by dad's vehicle

BRAMPTON, Ont. - A man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly ran over his wife and seven-year-old son early Tuesday. Peel Regional Police say the man has been charged with two counts each of c...

May 16, 2019