Canada

'Total blackness:' Remembering Alberta school shooting 20 years later

TABER, Alta. - It was a snowy, spring day on April 28, 1999, when an angry teenager walked through the doors of W.R. Myers High School. Wearing a blue trench coat, the 14-year-old pulle...

Apr 28, 2019

Annual budget ads increase, but still less than under NDP, Tory government says

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government is spending more on budget advertising this year as an election draws closer. The projected spending on media advertisements for this year's p...

Apr 28, 2019

Father of Quebec City mosque shooter says his son isn't a terrorist

QUEBEC - The father of the Quebec City mosque shooter is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and others to stop referring to his son as a terrorist. In an open letter to Trudeau sent to various media...

Apr 28, 2019

Flooding in four provinces prompts states of emergency, evacuations

OTTAWA - Two of Canada's biggest cities have declared states of emergency and three provinces have asked for federal help to fight rising flood waters as Mother Nature's wet wrath of sp...

Apr 28, 2019

In the news today, April 26

Five stories in the news for Friday, April 26 --- ELECTION SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT IMMIGRATION: BUSINESS Big business leaders worried about Canada's aging demographics have be...

Apr 28, 2019

Don't make election about immigration, corporate Canada tells political leaders

OTTAWA - Big business leaders worried about Canada's aging demographics have been urging political parties to avoid inflaming the immigration debate ahead of th...

Apr 28, 2019

B.C. spotted owl breeders hoping for new chicks as fertile eggs ready to hatch

It takes fake eggs, sterile incubators, some trickery and years of trial and error to breed Canada's almost extinct northern spotted owl in captivity. Researchers at British Columbia's Northern S...

Apr 28, 2019

Quebec officials warn of possible dam failure, forcing evacuation of 250 people

MONTREAL - Quebec public security officials called for the immediate evacuation of an area along the Rouge River west of Montreal on Thursday because of the risk a hydro&...

Apr 27, 2019

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer promises detailed climate plan by end of June

VICTORIAVILLE, Que. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he will present his party's climate change plan by the beginning of summer. Speaking to supporters in Victoriaville, Que., on Saturday, Sch...

Apr 27, 2019

Disappearance of woman, toddler treated as potential homicides: Calgary police

Calgary police say they are treating the disappearance of a woman and her young daughter as potential homicides and that a suspect they have arrested knows the pair. Jasmine L...

Apr 27, 2019