Canada

Excerpts from the Humboldt Broncos victim impact statements submitted to court

MELFORT, Sask. - The driver of a transport truck involved in a deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus will be sentenced Friday. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu has pleaded guilty to dangerous dri...

Mar 21, 2019

Legault government has long list of promises to fulfil with first budget today

QUEBEC - After five months in power, Francois Legault's Coalition Avenir Quebec government will lay out its true priorities today as it tables its first budget. Legault has raised expectations wi...

Mar 21, 2019

Scientists fear communications chill in polarized media landscape

VANCOUVER - A marine mammal scientist in Vancouver says he thinks his work has been misrepresented online and he's worried it's part of a trend that has him and his colleagues ques...

Mar 21, 2019

'It has to send a message:' Broncos families await sentencing for truck driver

Kevin Matechuk says he will never, never forgive the semi driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Matechuk's 19-year-old son Layne of Colonsay, Sask., is still coping with a brai...

Mar 21, 2019

Conservatives plan filibuster after Liberals shut down Wilson-Raybould motion

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament were bracing Wednesday for an all-night voting marathon as opposition parties protested the Trudeau government's efforts to shut down any furthe...

Mar 20, 2019

Quebec government to spend $500 million to compensate taxi drivers, reform industry

QUEBEC - The Quebec government will give the province's taxi drivers $500 million in compensation as it moves to overhaul the province's passenger transport industry. The Coalition Avenir Quebec ...

Mar 20, 2019

SNC-Lavalin CEO says he never cited job losses in push for remediation agreement

TORONTO - The chief executive of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. says he never cited the protection of 9,000 Canadian jobs as a reason the company should be granted a remediation agreement to av...

Mar 20, 2019

Montreal group pressing authorities to block concert by former Haitian president

MONTREAL - A group of Haitian Montrealers is appealing to federal and municipal authorities to block an upcoming concert by former Haitian president Michel Martelly, citing what they say are his ...

Mar 20, 2019

B.C. not trying to stop Trans Mountain, but aims to protect environment: lawyer

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is not trying to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, but it is attempting to prevent environmental damage and hold the corporation responsible for the cleanup of a...

Mar 20, 2019

B.C. to start measles 'catch-up' campaign, offering shots at schools, clinics

VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded 19 confirmed cases of measles this year and the province is responding by launching a measles immunization catch-up drive next month, aiming to vacci...

Mar 20, 2019