Canada

Legal system making slow but sure steps to timely justice, top judge says

OTTAWA - Following years of backlogs and delays, Canadian courts are making slow but steady progress toward more timely justice, the country's top judge says. Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard ...

Jun 22, 2019

Canadian soldier's remains to return to Canada after death in parachute exercise

OTTAWA - The body of a Canadian soldier who died in a parachute exercise in Bulgaria is returning to Canada tonight. Bombardier Patrick Labrie died after something went wrong in a training jump from a...

Jun 22, 2019

Trudeau says he will defend minority rights in face of Quebec religious-symbol law

MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added his voice Thursday to the growing opposition to Quebec's new law prohibiting teachers, police officers and other public servants in positions of authorit...

Jun 22, 2019

Report finds many birds in decline but co-operation works to rebuild populations

The bad news is that the populations of more than one-quarter of Canada's bird species are declining, many rapidly. The good news is that about the same number are increasing - proof, says a ...

Jun 22, 2019

B.C. Conservative MP Mark Warawa dies after cancer diagnosis

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Mark Warawa's family said his "new address is in heaven" on Thursday, announcing his death following a "brief but valiant battle" with pancreatic cancer. The&nb...

Jun 22, 2019

Five Things to know after PM meets Trump, congressional leaders in Washington

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent Thursday in Washington, meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House and getting face time with the top Democrat on Capitol Hi...

Jun 22, 2019

In the news today, June 20

Five stories in the news for Thursday, June 20 --- TRUDEAU AND TRUMP TO MEET TODAY IN WASHINGTON Justin Trudeau is headed back to the White House today in what could prove to be a pivotal visit t...

Jun 22, 2019

Trump offers help with Canadian detainees in China in upbeat visit with Trudeau

WASHINGTON - It was third-time lucky for Justin Trudeau in Washington on Thursday as President Donald Trump welcomed his "friend" the hard-working Canadian prime minister and offered to help him out o...

Jun 22, 2019

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Ontario Premier Doug Ford's chief of staff resigns

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford's chief of staff has resigned. In a statement, Ford says Dean French will be returning to the private sector. Earlier today, Ford revoked the appointments of t...

Jun 21, 2019

'Minimum of nine bullets:' Trial hears Manitoba Mountie shot man numerous times

THOMPSON, Man. - A forensic pathologist has testified that an RCMP officer in northern Manitoba shot a man at least nine times before he died. Const. Abram Letkeman has pleaded not guilty to...

Jun 21, 2019