Canada

Family, strangers bid adieu to 7-year-old girl: 'A lot of outrage and pain'

GRANBY, Que. - A seven-year-old girl whose death has become a rallying cry for change to Quebec's youth protection system was laid to rest Thursday at a funeral attended by hundreds of mourn...

May 10, 2019

Migrant detainees have right to plead for freedom before judges, Supreme Court

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court says a Pakistani man being held in immigration detention had the right to challenge his imprisonment in person before a judge. Although Tusif Ur Rehman Chhina was deported t...

May 10, 2019

Five taken to hospital after plane, fuel truck collide at Pearson airport

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - A spokesperson for Jazz Aviation says five people were taken to hospital after a fuel truck collided with a plane on the tarmac at Toronto Pearson airport this morning. D...

May 10, 2019

US hikes tariffs on Chinese goods, Beijing vows retaliation

BEIJING - President Donald Trump's latest tariff hike on Chinese goods took effect Friday and Beijing said it would retaliate, escalating a battle over China's technology ambitions and other trade ten...

May 10, 2019

Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan arrives in Canada: lawyer

OTTAWA - Conservatives in Canada want the federal government and the international community to push Pakistan to address its "abhorrent misuse of blasphemy laws" after the safe arrival ...

May 10, 2019

Supreme Court to rule on migrant detainees' rights to challenge incarceration

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court is to rule today on whether immigration detainees have the right to challenge their detentions in person before judges. Migrants who do not hold Canadian citizensh...

May 10, 2019

GM, Unifor announce investment in Oshawa plant that will save 300 jobs

TORONTO - The union representing Canadian auto workers claimed a partial victory Tuesday after General Motors Canada announced an Oshawa, Ont., plant slated to close later this year&nbs...

May 10, 2019

In the news today, May 8

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, May 8 --- SCHEER WILL MOVE ISRAEL EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he will move Canada's Embassy in Israel to Jerusale...

May 10, 2019

In the news today, May 10

Five stories in the news for Friday, May 10 --- MONEY LAUNDERING CANADA-WIDE, B.C. REPORTS A report that estimates $5 billion was laundered through British Columbia's real estate market...

May 10, 2019

Alberta court hears details of fight over disqualified horse in Canadian Derby

EDMONTON - With the horse-racing community still buzzing over a controversial disqualification in one of its most well-known races, a fight over which horse won a Canadian Derby race two yea...

May 10, 2019