Canada

Court to rule on whether doctors have to give referrals for services they oppose

TORONTO - Ontario's highest court is expected to rule today on whether doctors in the province are obligated to give referrals for medical services that clash with their moral or religious b...

May 15, 2019

Winnipeg General Strike 100 years ago led to bloodshed, political change

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg General Strike, which started 100 years ago Wednesday, lasted only six weeks. But the fallout from the unprecedented display of strength by both ordinary workers and ...

May 15, 2019

Vets lobby to expand medical cannabis laws to include dogs, cats

OTTAWA - Veterinarians are lobbying MPs today to authorize the use of medical cannabis for animals. The vets are bringing five dogs to Parliament Hill to draw attention to what they see...

May 15, 2019

Montreal mayor says secularism bill targets minorities and violates freedoms

QUEBEC - The mayor of Quebec's largest city says the provincial government's secularism bill is causing tension in society. Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante told a legislature committee today that the ci...

May 14, 2019

Wildfire prompts evacuation order, state of emergency in central B.C.

FRASER LAKE, B.C. - Fraser Lake Mayor Sarrah Storey was driving back from a soccer tournament out of town when she saw the skyline transformed by a wildfire creeping up a mountain on the edge of ...

May 14, 2019

Tori Stafford kidnapper wants court to declare her prison transfer unlawful

EDMONTON - A woman serving a life sentence for the murder of eight-year-old Tori Stafford says her move from a healing lodge back to a prison was unfair. Lawyers for Terri-Lynn McClintic recently file...

May 14, 2019

NewsAlert: Clement Gascon, high court justice who went missing, had panic attack

OTTAWA - Supreme Court Justice Clement Gascon says he suffered a panic attack last week before he briefly went missing Wednesday night. Gascon, who has already announced plans to r...

May 14, 2019

Accused in death of Winnipeg woman found in barrel controlled 5 women: Crown

WINNIPEG - A Crown prosecutor says a man on trial for first-degree murder maintained control over five women he lived with through surveillance, drugs and abuse. Perez Cleveland has pleaded not guilty...

May 14, 2019

'A lot safer place:' Calgary university uses AI to monitor threats

CALGARY - A post-secondary school in southern Alberta is turning to artificial intelligence to make its buildings safer and to allow security officers to catch criminals in th...

May 14, 2019

Mark Norman gets House of Commons apology for impact of failed prosecution

OTTAWA - The House of Commons is apologizing to Vice-Admiral Mark Norman for what he had to endure while facing criminal breach-of-trust charges. Conservative MP Lisa Raitt got unanimous consent for t...

May 14, 2019