Canada

New report details impact of proposed NS spaceport in event of explosion or fire

HALIFAX - The head of a company proposing to open Canada's only commercial spaceport near the small community of Canso, N.S., says the impact of any launch failure would be relatively small. Stev...

Mar 23, 2019

Liberals pledge $253 million to undo Tory-era changes to benefits tribunal

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are promising to spend more than $250 million to revamp the body Canadians turn to with disputes over access to federal benefits, partially restoring the s...

Mar 23, 2019

B.C. hospital's use as shelter 'clarion call' about housing crisis, says mayor

The 10-bed regional hospital that serves the medical needs of 5,000 people on the remote west coast of Vancouver Island has been doing extra duty lately as an emergency shelter for the homeless a...

Mar 23, 2019

As MPs pull all-nighter, Philpott breathes fresh life into SNC-Lavalin scandal

OTTAWA - Former cabinet minister Jane Philpott fanned the flames of the SNC-Lavalin fire Thursday as Liberals struggled to douse the controversy and focus Canadians' attention on t...

Mar 23, 2019

In the news today, March 21

Four stories in the news for Thursday, March 21 --- BRONCOS FAMILIES AWAIT SENTENCING FOR TRUCK DRIVER Family members forever changed by the Humboldt Broncos hockey bus crash are speaking ou...

Mar 23, 2019

Trans woman hopes funding cut will send message to Vancouver rape crisis group

VANCOUVER - A transgender woman whose case against Canada's oldest rape crisis centre was dismissed by the courts says she hopes the City of Vancouver's decision to ...

Mar 23, 2019

Republican Karl Rove says conservatives need more than simplistic slogans

OTTAWA - Legendary Republican campaign strategist Karl Rove, known for his no-holds-barred approach to American politics, has some advice for Canadian conservatives: simplistic, bumper-sticker slogane...

Mar 22, 2019

Montreal concert by former Haitian president Martelly cancelled: promoter

MONTREAL - A controversial concert scheduled for Friday night in Montreal by former Haitian president Michel Martelly has been called off at the last minute. The show's promoter, Carl-Edward Osias, co...

Mar 22, 2019

Sentencing judge in Broncos crash calls for carnage on highways to end

MELFORT, Sask. - A judge called for an end to "carnage on our highways" as she sent a truck driver to prison on Friday for causing a fatal crash involving a Saskatchewan junior hoc...

Mar 22, 2019

Quebec man convicted in Mafia-linked drug bust to be deported to Italy

MONTREAL - Michele Torre, a Quebec man convicted in 1996 for his role in a Mafia-linked conspiracy, appears to have run out of options to stay in Canada and is scheduled to be deported to hi...

Mar 22, 2019