Canada

Liberals set to unveil social-finance strategy, including $755M in new fund

OTTAWA - The federal government is to unveil its promised strategy today, planning to use hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to finance new, experimental ways to deliver social se...

Jun 12, 2019

Ontario court upholds ruling to allow sexual activity evidence in Boyle case

OTTAWA - A lawyer for Joshua Boyle can introduce evidence of his client's estranged wife's past sexual history at the former Afghanistan hostage's trial, the Ontario Superior Court of J...

Jun 11, 2019

Justice minister calls for probe after report judge acquitted friend for traffic fine

Quebec's justice minister has asked the province's judicial council to investigate a municipal judge who reportedly acquitted a friend over a traffic violation the day before he was set...

Jun 11, 2019

Trudeau announces plan to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021

MONT-SAINT-HILAIRE, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday the federal government's intention to ban harmful single-use plastics as early as 2021. Speaking at a nature reserve in M...

Jun 11, 2019

Details emerge of alleged abuse at now-shuttered Quebec roadside zoo

MONTREAL - Newly unsealed court documents allege investigators who visited a small Quebec zoo at the heart of an animal cruelty investigation found animals that were malnourished and lacked water...

Jun 11, 2019

Ottawa asks U.S. to note cannabis pardons to ensure accurate picture

Ottawa is encouraging Washington to take careful note of criminal pardons granted to Canadians for cannabis possession so that U.S. officers have the most accurate inform...

Jun 11, 2019

Commons committee urges feds to consider decriminalizing simple drug possession

OTTAWA - The House of Commons health committee is recommending the federal government look at Portugal's decriminalization of simple possession of illicit drugs and examine how the idea could be ...

Jun 11, 2019

Trudeau calls out Tory premiers for 'playing games' with national unity over C-69

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says conservative premiers are playing games with national unity by threatening the country's future if they don't get their way on an environmental-assessm...

Jun 11, 2019

'Pretty consistent:' Study says plants, animals in oceans drop as climate warms

A Canadian-led study suggests that plant and animal life in the world's oceans will drop steadily and consistently as the climate warms. The study uses marine climate models to predict what will ...

Jun 11, 2019

Chief military judge testifying in own court martial

OTTAWA - Canada's chief military judge is in the witness box during his own court martial, where he is speaking about his personal and professional relationship with his deputy - who is the presi...

Jun 11, 2019