Canada

Former skiers reach out-of-court deal with Alpine Canada in sex assault lawsuit

MONTREAL - Alpine Canada admitted Tuesday it had put its interests before those of three young female skiers who were sexually abused by their coach in the 1990s. Canada's national gove...

Jul 04, 2019

Calgary mother guilty in son's staph death appeals conviction, sentence

CALGARY - A Calgary woman found guilty in the death of her 14-month-old son is appealing her conviction and sentence. Jennifer Clark and her husband Jeromie Clark were sentenced in June to 3...

Jul 04, 2019

Animal rights activists want Winnipeg zoo to shut down stingray exhibit

WINNIPEG - Animal rights activists want the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg to permanently shut down its interactive stingray exhibit. "Stingray Beach" allows visitors to get up close to a shall...

Jul 04, 2019

Manitoba eyes looser holiday shopping rules, government review underway

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says his Progressive Conservative government is considering loosening the law that limits store openings on some holidays. Pallister says he agrees with a g...

Jul 04, 2019

On Hold: Veterans Affairs struggling to answer former service members' calls

OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Canada has struggled to quickly answer calls from current and former service members seeking information and assistance, newly released documents show, leading many to hang u...

Jul 04, 2019

De Adder replacement says he's been caught up in social media backlash

An editorial cartoonist says his character has been maligned and career prospects damaged after he was caught up in the online backlash resulting from a New Brunswick newspaper group cutting ties with...

Jul 04, 2019

Anglos, francophones join forces on minority language rights after 'a bad year'

MONTREAL - Quebec anglophones have banded together with francophones in New Brunswick and Ontario to protect and promote the rights of official minority language communities that they say are suddenly...

Jul 04, 2019

Hunger strike ends after agreement reached on Ottawa Indigenous Peoples' space

OTTAWA - An Algonquin grand chief's hunger strike is over after an agreement with the federal government on a project to create a major Indigenous centre in Ottawa. Steps away from Parliament Hill, Ve...

Jul 04, 2019

Former N.S. Mountie sentenced to decade in prison for theft, cocaine trafficking

HALIFAX - A former Nova Scotia Mountie has been sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison for stealing 10 kilograms of cocaine from an exhibit locker and arranging sales t...

Jul 04, 2019

Helped in Nunavut's creation: 20-year northern politician Ludy Pudluk dies

RESOLUTE, Nunavut - A 20-year northern politician who was instrumental in the movement that led to the creation of Nunavut has died. Ludy Pudluk, who was 76, died in hospital in Iqaluit on Monday...

Jul 04, 2019