Canada

A leak, a probe, a case closed: A timeline of the Mark Norman saga

OTTAWA - The decision Wednesday to stay a breach-of-trust charge against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman has ended his criminal case but his future in the military is unclear. What's happened so fa...

May 08, 2019

Greenhouses gas causing Canadian Arctic seas to acidify quicker: report

Research suggests that greenhouse gases are turning Canada's Arctic waters acidic at a faster rate than anywhere else in the North. The results were presented to the eight countries that ring the Arct...

May 08, 2019

U.S. threatens to pull F-35 from jet competition over industrial requirements

OTTAWA - U.S. officials have threatened to pull the F-35 out of the competition to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force's aging CF-18 fighters over the Liberal government's plan to ask bidders to re-i...

May 08, 2019

Crisis line urgently needed for victims of coerced sterilization: senator

OTTAWA - The federal government should immediately fund a crisis line for victims of coerced and forced sterilizations to ensure traumatized women can get assistance, says Ontario Sen. Yvonne Boyer,&n...

May 08, 2019

'I kind of just snapped:' Murder suspect testifies woman came at him with knife

WINNIPEG - A man accused of killing an Indigenous woman in Manitoba after a night of drinking and sex told a jury Monday that she came at him with a knife and he blacked out. But Crown ...

May 08, 2019

Former Liberal MP Darshan Kang apologizes for behaviour, maintains no ill intent

OTTAWA - A former Liberal MP who was found by his peers to have sexually harassed a member of his office staff is apologizing to the victim for unintentionally causing her difficulty. But reading...

May 08, 2019

Boy's song inspires Francois Legault to rebuild flooded school in Beauce

MONTREAL - A town in Quebec's Beauce region will be getting a new elementary school after a student's song about its sorry state drew the attention of Premier Francois Legault. Legault said ...

May 08, 2019

Regina police pilot program will allow experts to review sex assault cases

REGINA - The Regina Police Service is the latest agency in Canada to pilot a program that allows sexual assault investigations to be reviewed by outside experts. The service says it will be tryin...

May 08, 2019

Trudeau tells Harry and Meghan to 'enjoy every minute' after birth of baby boy

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sending Canadian well wishes to the world's newest royal parents. Prince Harry announced his wife, the former Meghan Markle, gave birth to a healthy baby boy ...

May 08, 2019

Blood-donor deferral period for men who have sex with men cut to three months

OTTAWA - Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says men who have sex with men will be able to give blood after a deferral period of three months, down from a year. Petitpas Taylor says the deci...

May 08, 2019