Canada

Groups say Quebec bill on religious symbols violates minority rights

MONTREAL - Groups defending the rights of minorities and women have come together to denounce Quebec's new legislation restricting the wearing of religious symbols. Seven groups includi...

Mar 29, 2019

Youth facing terror-related charges back in court for second day of bail hearing

OTTAWA - A courtroom in Kingston, Ont., will play host today to the second part of a two-day bail hearing for a youth facing terrorism charges. The youth, who cannot be identified under prov...

Mar 29, 2019

'Serve as a warning:' Owner of truck in Broncos crash admits to safety offences

CALGARY - The owner of the transport truck involved in the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash has admitted he did not follow provincial and federal safety rules in the months leading up to the collisio...

Mar 29, 2019

Bains heading to Windsor after Chrysler announces 1,500 job cuts at plant

WINDSOR, Ont. - Federal Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains says he'll travel to Windsor Saturday to offer support to workers facing layoffs by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. The company ...

Mar 29, 2019

Montreal priest stabbed one week ago returns to church, presides over mass

MONTREAL - The Montreal priest who was stabbed during morning mass resumed his duties one week after the attack. Rev. Claude Grou returned to Montreal's St. Joseph's Oratory today to warm applause&nbs...

Mar 29, 2019

In travel advisory, Canadians warned of 'acts of violence' linked to Brexit

OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada has issued a travel advisory for Canadians in Britain, warning them of possible violence in the wake of today's latest twist in the country's Brexit drama. The departmen...

Mar 29, 2019

New Privy Council clerk to take over from Wernick on April 19

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says Ian Shugart will replace Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick as the federal government's top bureaucrat on April 19. Wernick announced earlier this...

Mar 29, 2019

China ban on Canadian canola not science based: Chamber of Commerce

OTTAWA - The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says China's decision to ban canola imports from Canada has no basis in scientific fact. Mark Agnew, senior director of international policy for the chamber, ...

Mar 29, 2019

Street checks should be strictly limited - or banned outright, N.S. report said

HALIFAX - Street checks by Halifax-area police have had a "disproportionate and negative" impact on the African Nova Scotia community, according to a new report that found black males w...

Mar 29, 2019

When the dike breaks: How climate change threatens Maritime lowlands

NOEL, N.S. - They were first created by the Acadian settlers of the 1700s, one shovel full of clay-rich soil at a time. Over the centuries the dikes protecting the Maritime lowlands have been extended...

Mar 29, 2019