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Kashechewan residents return from the land as flooding risk is downgraded
OTTAWA - Residents of a First Nation in northern Ontario plagued by annual spring flooding are being flown back to their community now that the threat of flooding has been downgraded. About 1,200 peop...
May 14, 2020
Toronto Zoo pivots to 'drive-thru experience' as safe alternative in COVID era
TORONTO - The Toronto Zoo will be a "drive-thru experience" when it gets the green light to open its gates to visitors, a spokeswoman said Thursday, while other zoos eye numerous options as they ...
May 14, 2020
Dark stain: Minister says Indigenous ceremonies to continue despite COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada's Indigenous services minister says banning sacred ceremonies is a "dark stain" on the country's history and they will be allowed to continue despite restrictions put in place due...
May 14, 2020
International deal to protect ozone layer behind new contaminant problem: study
EDMONTON - A landmark environmental agreement that helped close the ozone hole in the 1990s may have led to new chemical contaminants. The Montreal Protocol, which came into force in 1989, banned the ...
May 14, 2020
Virus whistleblower tells lawmakers US lacks vaccine plan
WASHINGTON - Whistleblower Rick Bright warned on Thursday that the U.S. lacks a plan to produce and fairly distribute a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available. The nation could face "the darkes...
May 14, 2020
Victoria to remain host of Olympic basketball qualifying tournament
VICTORIA - Canada's men's basketball team will still get a chance to qualify at home for an Olympic berth. FIBA announced Thursday that four Olympic qualifying tournaments for the Tokyo Games, includi...
May 14, 2020
Head of World Trade Organization to step down early
GENEVA - The head of the World Trade Organization said Thursday he will leave his post a year before his term expires, an unprecedented mid-term resignation at the WTO that he called a "personal decis...
May 14, 2020
Burr steps aside as Senate intelligence chair amid FBI probe
Sen. Richard Burr stepped aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday after the FBI served a search warrant for his phone as part of an ongoing insider-trading investigation tie...
May 14, 2020
Judge finds Calgary man not guilty in death of four-year-old daughter
CALGARY- A judge has ruled there's not enough evidence to prove a Calgary man murdered his daughter in 2014.Oluwatosin Oluwafemi put his face in his hands and sighed deeply as Justice Suzanne Bensler ...
May 14, 2020
Trudeau announces reopening of national parks in June
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced some national parks will reopen on as the summer season gets into full swing.National parks and historic sites will remain closed through the May long weekend, ...
May 14, 2020