Canada

Sask. Premier Scott Moe participates in Pride parade in Saskatoon

SASKATOON - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe participated in his first Pride parade on Saturday, marking the first time a leader from his long-governing party has attended the annual celebration of the ...

Jun 24, 2019

Lawyers urge Canada to stop Chinese exec's extradition to U.S. on fraud charges

VANCOUVER - Defence lawyers for a senior Huawei executive have asked Canada's foreign affairs minister to stop the extradition process against their client, saying the request made by the Un...

Jun 24, 2019

Man who attacked military personnel should be deemed terrorist: Crown

TORONTO - Prosecutors are seeking a new trial for a man who attacked uniformed personnel at a Toronto military centre three years ago, arguing he should be considered a terrorist even t...

Jun 24, 2019

Retired UBC professor Peter Winterburn killed in Chile, school confirms

VALPARAISO, Chile - A retired geochemistry professor from the University of British Columbia has been killed in attempted robbery in Valparaiso, Chile, the school confirmed Saturday. In a post on Face...

Jun 24, 2019

Celina Caesar-Chavannes says black civil servants passed over for promotions

OTTAWA - Independent MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes says qualified black Canadians are being passed over for promotions to senior positions in the federal government due what she says are system...

Jun 24, 2019

Indigenous drummers lead pipeline protesters on 22-kilometre march in Victoria

VICTORIA - The government approval of the Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion won't stop efforts in British Columbia to halt the project, protesters gathered outside Victoria's city hall said Saturday. ...

Jun 24, 2019

Court ruling reveals grim details of Lionel Desmond suicide and murders

HALIFAX - A court fight over life insurance has revealed for the first time disturbing details about how former Canadian soldier Lionel Desmond fatally shot his mother, wife a...

Jun 24, 2019

Aviation experts question security, passenger safety after woman left on plane

Aviation experts are raising security and passenger safety concerns after a woman was left sleeping on a parked Air Canada aircraft with the lights turned off and crew gone. A friend recounted Ti...

Jun 24, 2019

Infrastructure agency to pitch in to help move along Via Rail project: sources

OTTAWA - A federal infrastructure financing agency is going to put some money behind a few final, financially risky steps in Via Rail's high-frequency rail project, sources say. Two sources speak...

Jun 24, 2019

Liberals promise $13M for missing, murdered Indigenous women commemorations

OTTAWA - Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef says the federal government will fund more than 100 projects to "honour the lives and legacies" of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Fund...

Jun 24, 2019