Canada

Angry exchanges at trial for couple whose boy died of bacterial meningitis

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A medical examiner who did the autopsy on a 19-month-old toddler whose parents are on trial in his death clashed with the boy's father in court Monday. David and Collet S...

Jun 12, 2019

Feds cut heavy-icebreaker order from Vancouver shipyard

OTTAWA - The federal government has taken construction of the coast guard's next heavy icebreaker away from a Vancouver shipyard, the latest in a string of changes to Canada's multibillion-dollar ship...

Jun 12, 2019

Genocide against Indigenous women and girls 'obvious,' says chief commissioner

VANCOUVER - The chief commissioner of the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls says it's "pretty obvious" that the tragedies amount to a genocide. Marion Buller made the r...

Jun 12, 2019

Edmonton murder trial hears child went from chunky, happy to skin and bones

EDMONTON - A woman who lived with two people charged in the death of a toddler found outside an Edmonton church says she often heard crying, yelling, smacking and more crying from their bedr...

Jun 12, 2019

Quebec trying to speed up process to adopt secularism bill ahead of summer break

Quebec Premier Francois Legault says his government is showing good faith by specifying what kinds of religious symbols it plans to ban for many public sector workers. The government tabled an am...

Jun 12, 2019

Trudeau appoints first ambassador to advance women, peace and security

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Canada's first ambassador for women, peace and security. Jacqueline O'Neill, who has served on a number of related international bodies, assumes&nb...

Jun 12, 2019

Canada's treatment of Indigenous women not a 'genocide', Scheer says

OTTAWA - "Genocide" isn't the right word to describe what's been done to generations of Indigenous women and girls in Canada, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Monday. Last week, the federal...

Jun 12, 2019

Husky pleads guilty over oil leak into North Saskatchewan River

LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. - Husky Energy has pleaded guilty in a pipeline leak that sent oil spilling into a major river that is the source of drinking water for a number of Saskatchewan communiti...

Jun 12, 2019

Senate Arctic committee calls report a 'wake-up call' in latest report

OTTAWA - Canada's Senate says it's time the federal government stopped ignoring the Arctic. In a new report, the Senate has issued what it says is a wake-up call for Ottawa to deal with...

Jun 12, 2019

MPs face summer recall for new NAFTA approval if no U.S. progress next week

OTTAWA - The Canadian Press has learned the Liberal government is prepared to recall Parliament this summer to ratify the new North American trade agreement. The government wants to move "in tandem" w...

Jun 12, 2019