Canada

Liberals to announce plan to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021

OTTAWA - The federal government will announce a plan Monday to ban harmful single-use plastics such as drinking straws as early as 2021. A government official with knowledge of the plan says no l...

Jun 09, 2019 Plastic straws are among the key items set to be banned.

Raptors fans prepare for Monday's potentially championship-clinching Game 5

Raptors fans across Canada - and beyond - are gearing up for Monday's potentially championship-clinching Game 5 in Toronto. Viewing parties across the country are expanding as the Raptors lo...

Jun 09, 2019

Victoria council debates asking Ottawa to help fund Remembrance Day

VICTORIA - A move to seek federal funding for Victoria's annual Remembrance Day events may have backfired, the city's mayor said Friday. Lisa Helps said she expected council members would re...

Jun 09, 2019

Tory senators deny stalling private members' bills on Indigenous rights

OTTAWA - Conservative senators are being blamed for running out the parliamentary clock on a number of bills, including several aimed at advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Conse...

Jun 09, 2019

NDP MP Christine Moore decides not to seek re-election this fall

OTTAWA - NDP MP Christine Moore will not run for re-election in the fall, she announced Friday. The representative for Abitibi-Tmiscamingue said she will continue to advocate for progressive valu...

Jun 09, 2019

Disciplinary probe of Quebec judge in hijab case on hold after bias alleged

MONTREAL - The disciplinary case against a Quebec judge who refused to allow a Muslim woman to appear before her wearing a hijab more than four years ago was put on hold again Frid...

Jun 09, 2019

Canada's military spies can collect, share info on Canadians, directive says

OTTAWA - Canada's military spies can collect and share information about Canadian citizens - including material gathered by chance - as long as it supports a legitimate investigation, s...

Jun 09, 2019

Study tries to bring human behaviour into climate change projections

Climate change can seem like a problem too vast for everyday people to influence, but research using computer models suggests that public attitudes and social learning can have a measurable impac...

Jun 09, 2019

Nature Conservancy issues plea to help turtles safely cross roads

PELEE ISLAND, Ont. - Why did the turtle cross the road? - It may sound like the opening of a joke, but the Nature Conservancy of Canada is urging motorists to help the slow-moving reptiles get to the ...

Jun 09, 2019

Supreme Court allows suit against St. Joseph's Oratory over abuse allegations

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected a bid by Montreal's Saint Joseph's Oratory to be excluded from a sexual assault class action suit. The high court today upheld a Quebec Court of Appea...

Jun 09, 2019