Canada

CBC must diversify revenue to protect it from political whims, president says

MONTREAL - The CBC must continually look for new commercial revenue streams - particularly internationally - as a way to protect itself from the whims of politicians, the public broadcaster's pre...

May 05, 2019

Canadian firm WSP finding new work in Saudi Arabia despite diplomatic dispute

OTTAWA - At least one Canadian-based company is optimistic about its prospects in Saudi Arabia, a bullishness that comes as businesses fret about their future in the kingdom following a...

May 05, 2019

Public prosecutor takes aim at SNC-Lavalin's court bid for remediation deal

OTTAWA - Canada's director of public prosecutions is firing a new volley at SNC-Lavalin that could hobble the company's ongoing legal fight for a special settlement agreement over ...

May 05, 2019

Trade pact with Europe could be hurt by climate action infighting: McKenna

OTTAWA - Canadian dithering about climate action could put France's support for the Canada-Europe free trade agreement at risk, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says. McKenna ...

May 05, 2019

Ottawa worried about fallout from jailing of farmer in Beirut, documents show

FREDERICTON - Documents filed with the Federal Court show the former Harper government was concerned about the legal and political fallout from how it dealt with a New Brunswick potato farmer jailed f...

May 05, 2019

Alberta students walk out to protest expected gay-straight alliance changes

CALGARY - Throngs of teenagers spilled out onto a sidewalk along a busy Calgary street to protest expected changes to the province's rules for gay-straight alliances, clubs meant to provide a saf...

May 05, 2019

Canadians remember Second World War's long, dark Battle of the Atlantic

OTTAWA - Canadians across the country are marking one of the longest and darkest chapters of the Second World War today: The Battle of the Atlantic. Running the entire length of the war from September...

May 05, 2019

NL fire chief hopes to replace rusted, aging pickup used as fire truck

LITTLE BAY , N.L. - A Newfoundland volunteer fire department is asking for provincial funds to replace the rusted, ramshackle pickup truck it's used as a fire truck for decades. Little Bay and Area Fi...

May 05, 2019

Major housing development planned on Indigenous land in heart of Vancouver

VANCOUVER - Walking along the base of the Burrard Street Bridge that crosses Vancouver's False Creek toward the downtown core, Khelsilem gestures across a gravel lot poised to become one of the larges...

May 05, 2019

An explainer on the Ontario government's move to review highway speed limits

TORONTO - Ontario's government plans to launch a review of speed limits on provincial highways, with the transportation minister musing that some of those roads can safely handle traffic at ...

May 05, 2019