Canada

First Nations basketball players to hit court despite dispute with referees

CALGARY - Young basketball players from a southern Alberta First Nation will be able to play in a tournament this week despite a dispute with a Calgary referee group. Truman...

Jul 03, 2019

More cameras, tight security at this year's Calgary Stampede

CALGARY - There will be more security cameras, metal detectors and bag searches at this year's Calgary Stampede. Officials say there's no concern about an attack - it's just a matter of publ...

Jul 03, 2019

System failed slain Quebec girl, youth protection internal probe finds

MONTREAL - An internal probe has found no one person or service can shoulder the blame for lapses in the case of a slain seven-year-old Quebec girl who'd been followed by youth protection. It found th...

Jul 03, 2019

Algonquin Nation guaranteed space in Indigenous centre as deal ends hunger strike

OTTAWA - The Algonquin Nation will be guaranteed a space in a major Indigenous centre in Ottawa after an agreement with the federal government ended a grand chief's hunger strike. Verna Polson of the ...

Jul 03, 2019

Average vet faces 32-week wait for benefits decision, double government target

OTTAWA - The long delays many veterans face when applying to the government for assistance for service-related injuries has reached a new milestone. Former service members have long been promised that...

Jul 03, 2019

Nutrien says 34 workers trapped underground after service shaft malfunction

SASKATOON - Nutrien Ltd. says 34 maintenance workers have been trapped in its Cory potash mine in Saskatchewan since Tuesday afternoon. Company spokesman Will Tigley says the service sh...

Jul 03, 2019

Newfoundland travellers contract mysterious disease traced to cave trip in Cuba

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A woman is warning travellers to thoroughly research any adventurous excursions abroad after she and several other Newfoundlanders became ill from a mysterious disease traced b...

Jul 03, 2019

Quebec town is latest to consider letting kids play legally on streets

MONTREAL - There is a growing movement in Quebec to bring back the fun - by legalizing kids' play in streets and alleyways. Municipalities across the province have begun experimenting with the not-so-...

Jul 03, 2019

Special prosecutor to aid probe into Alberta United Conservative leadership vote

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says a special out-of-province prosecutor will assist in a criminal fraud investigation into the United Conservative Party leadership race won by ...

Jul 03, 2019

Trailers, vehicles, boats removed from Saskatchewan campground after tornadoes

GOODSOIL, Sask. - Cleanup continues at a Saskatchewan campground following two tornadoes that snapped trees and caused severe damage on the Canada Day long weekend. Trevor Finlay, manager of Mead...

Jul 03, 2019