Canada

Pediatric society calls for access to free contraceptives for everyone under 25

OTTAWA - The Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending that everyone under 25 should get confidential access to free birth control. In a position statement released Thursday, the society says a...

May 11, 2019

'Nerds' come together after vandals trash Nova Scotia role-playing camp

SYDNEY, N.S. - Police are investigating after a group of vandals trashed a Cape Breton business where people gather in the woods to enjoy live action role-playing dressed...

May 11, 2019

Refugee who lost fingers to frostbite pleads with MPs not to pass new asylum law

OTTAWA - A refugee from Ghana who lost all his fingers to frostbite crossing irregularly into Canada made an impassioned plea to MPs on Thursday to scrap proposed new asylum-seeker rules the Liberals ...

May 11, 2019

Kashechewan First Nation gets agreement from feds, Ontario to move

OTTAWA - A northern Ontario First Nation signed an agreement on Thursday with the federal and provincial government that lays out a plan to move a reserve threatened every year by ...

May 11, 2019

Controversial environment-review bill faces major changes in Senate as clock ticks

OTTAWA - A controversial Liberal bill overhauling the environmental-review process for new energy and transportation projects is undergoing major reconstruction at a Senate committee. More than 1...

May 11, 2019

A glossy ibis drifts off course to a Nova Scotia marsh and draws a crowd

BROOKFIELD, N.S. - Nature photographers are gathering in a marsh in the centre of Nova Scotia this weekend to capture images of the latest species of bird to fly off course and find its...

May 11, 2019

Ex-Tory MP Del Mastro accuses Elections Canada of 'personal vendetta'

OTTAWA - A former Conservative MP who spent time behind bars for electoral offences is accusing Canada's elections commissioner of having a personal vendetta against him - and he wants ...

May 11, 2019

U.S., European diplomats support Canada in Chinese court in death-penalty appeal

OTTAWA - Canadian diplomats were joined in a Chinese courtroom Thursday by American, British, French and German colleagues to watch the appeal of a Canadian who has been sentenced ...

May 11, 2019

Mom hopes tale of daughter's murder at hands of spouse helps others

TORONTO - Elana Fric Shamji stayed with her abusive husband for more than a decade, despite her mother's pleas to leave the volatile relationship with her three young children in tow. Now, Ana Fr...

May 11, 2019

Visa rejections frustrate efforts to bring in more international students

OTTAWA - At a time when Canada is attracting more students from around the world, there are concerns qualified applicants from certain countries are getting turned away because of ...

May 11, 2019