Canada

B.C. premier asks utilities commission to probe the high price of gasoline

VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan has asked the British Columbia Utilities Commission to investigate why gasoline in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island is so much more expensive than the rest of t...

May 07, 2019

Crown asks for more jail for Winnipeg man who left mother to die on the floor

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba Court of Appeal has reserved its decision on the sentence of a Winnipeg man who left his 89-year-old mother on the floor of their home for several weeks until she died. Ro...

May 07, 2019

Trudeau's former top adviser to help advise companies on climate change risks

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's former top adviser, Gerald Butts, is taking on a new role with a New York-based global consulting firm, helping it to build a new practice advising clients on ...

May 07, 2019

Work with U.S. and resist China, Scheer says in laying out foreign-policy plans

MONTREAL - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is set to deliver what is being billed as a major foreign-policy speech Tuesday afternoon, calling for Canada to join an American ballistic-missile shield ...

May 07, 2019

Trial of man charged with child porn over sex doll hears closing arguments

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The lawyer for a St. John's man facing child pornography charges over a sex doll took aim Monday at a Crown expert witness, saying his research was biased. Fifty-four...

May 07, 2019

Canadians remember Second World War's long, dark Battle of the Atlantic

OTTAWA - Canadians across the country marked one of the longest, darkest and most pivotal chapters of this country's involvement in the Second World War on Sunday: The Battle of the Atlantic. Lasting ...

May 07, 2019

NL fire chief hopes to replace rusted, aging pickup used as fire truck

LITTLE BAY , N.L. - A Newfoundland volunteer fire department is asking for provincial funds to replace the rusted, ramshackle pickup truck it's used as a fire truck for decades. Little Bay and Area Fi...

May 07, 2019

Man charged with second-degree murder in deaths of Calgary woman, toddler

CALGARY - A man suspected of killing a Calgary woman and her toddler daughter has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Robert Andrew Leeming, 34, appeared via video before a just...

May 07, 2019

Closing arguments in trial of man accused of killing missing Manitoba woman

WINNIPEG - A Crown prosecutor says a Winnipeg man on trial for killing an Indigenous woman committed a ghastly crime, while the defence says he did not mean to cause her harm. Brett Overby, who i...

May 07, 2019

Montreal moves to reduce carbon footprint, phase out heating oil by 2030

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal says it will move to ban the use of heating oil by 2030 as it seeks to reduce its carbon footprint. Mayor Valerie Plante announced this week the city wil...

May 07, 2019