Canada

Health Canada warns victims of spring flooding about mould dangers

Health Canada is warning of the dangers of mould in homes and cottages hit by this year's spring flooding. Federal biologist Francis Lavoie says it's important to dry wet walls and belongings within 4...

May 02, 2019

Water to stay high but second round of floods not expected: Goodale

OTTAWA - Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale toured neighbourhoods in east Ottawa today where he told one resident he doesn't expect a second wave of flooding like what the area experienced i...

May 02, 2019

Quebec, N.B. hope worst flooding is over while Ontario situation 'potentially worsening'

STE-MARTHE-SUR-LE-LAC, Que. - Robert Pepin's mobile home sits crookedly on its foundation, the front door is broken, the insulation and deck are damaged beyond repair. But the 70-year-old re...

May 02, 2019

Damages of $20 million awarded against obituary website in class action ruling

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A judge has ordered an online obituary site to pay $20 million in damages for the unauthorized use of notices and photographs taken from websites of Canadian funeral homes and ...

May 02, 2019

Quebec government orders public coroner's inquest into 7-year-old's death

Quebec's public security minister has ordered a public coroner's inquest into the death of a seven-year-old girl who had a long history with the province's youth protection system. Genevieve Guil...

May 02, 2019

Knockin' on Abe's door: Japanese PM shows off quirky Canadian souvenir

LAKE KAWAGUCHI, Japan - Japan's prime minister is showing off a folksy souvenir he brought home from his recent trip to Canada. In a video posted to his official Instagram account, Shinzo Abe installs...

May 02, 2019

Ahead of Trudeau meeting, Kenney calls assessment bill a threat to unity

OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says if the federal bill overhauling environmental assessments passes in its current form it will threaten Canadian unity and there will be "an immediate constitu...

May 02, 2019

China sentences 6 foreigners for drugs; Canadian gets death

BEIJING - A court in southern China handed down sentences Tuesday to at least six foreigners involved in an international methamphetamine operation, including a Canadian given the death penalty. The J...

May 02, 2019

In the news today, May 2

Five stories in the news for Thursday, May 2 --- KENNEY, TRUDEAU TO MEET FACE-TO-FACE Jason Kenney will meet face-to-face today with the political foe he attacked relentlessly in his success...

May 02, 2019

Political antagonists, Alberta's Jason Kenney and PM Trudeau to meet

OTTAWA - Jason Kenney will meet face-to-face today with the political foe he attacked relentlessly in his successful bid to become Alberta's premier: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The two are to meet...

May 02, 2019