Canada

NDP legislators urge Ottawa to provide 'stable funding' to Indigenous Theatre

New Democrat legislators are calling on the Liberal government to reconsider a decision that denies funding to the National Arts Centre's Indigenous Theatre. Five NDP members of parliament signed...

Apr 14, 2019

Cash incentives for parties could help get more women in politics: MPs

A House of Commons committee is making a cross-party call for the federal government to offer financial incentives to political parties that nominate more women candidates to run for election. Th...

Apr 14, 2019

Goodale says report on terror threats 'maligned' certain communities

OTTAWA - Friday evening, hours before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to visit one of the biggest Sikh temples in Canada, his government agreed to change the language in a report on terror t...

Apr 14, 2019

Trudeau Liberals link 'reckless' Ontario budget with Scheer's Conservatives

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are attacking the Ontario Progressive Conservative government's first budget since Doug Ford was elected premier, hoping voters across the country will connect the docume...

Apr 14, 2019

Stolen wooden fisherman known as 'Shorty' returned to NS business

PEGGY'S COVE, N.S. - A popular wooden fisherman that was stolen from a tourist spot in Peggy's Cove, N.S., earlier this week is now safely back home. Peter Richardson, owner of Peggy's Cove ...

Apr 14, 2019

From Hawkesbury to Estevan, documents show towns to be hit hardest by automation

HAWKESBURY, Ont. - Sitting around a table with fellow Steelworkers, Steve Berniquez starts listing companies that once stood in and around Hawkesbury, a small Ontario town an hour's drive east of Otta...

Apr 14, 2019

Supreme Court upholds residential-school compensation for former student

OTTAWA - A former residential-school student is entitled to compensation for abuse at the hands of a nun, the Supreme Court of Canada says in a decision that helps clarify the scope of appea...

Apr 14, 2019

McGill drops Redmen name, citing pain caused to Indigenous students

MONTREAL - McGill University is dropping the Redmen name for its men's varsity sports teams, effective immediately, the university announced Friday. Principal Suzanne Fortier said in a ...

Apr 14, 2019

Institute unveils 'Team Canada of cancer research' at spot where Fox began run

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It is being touted as the "Team Canada of cancer research." Exactly 39 years after Terry Fox dipped his artificial leg in St. John's harbour to begin his Marathon of Hope, the ...

Apr 14, 2019

Lawsuit against Nunavut RCMP claims force losing touch with Inuit

IQALUIT, Nunavut - An Inuit family whose son was shot by RCMP is suing the force over its alleged failure to staff Arctic detachments with officers who can speak with and understand the communiti...

Apr 14, 2019