Canada

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

Independent watchdog to handle complaints about border agency, Liberals pledge

OTTAWA - Travellers, immigration detainees and others who feel they have been mistreated by Canada's border agency will be able to complain to an independent body under a new measure in...

Mar 20, 2019

PM condemns hateful, 'toxic segments' of society after New Zealand shooting

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered an emotional clarion call Monday as he urged people of all political stripes to turn the page on hateful ideology and condemn the sort of int...

Mar 20, 2019

Quebec Court of Appeal rules Richard Henry Bain's sentence in election shooting to stand

MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has ruled that the sentence handed down to 2012 Quebec election night shooter Richard Henry Bain will remain unchanged. Bain was convicted of attacking a Parti...

Mar 20, 2019

Trial of alleged Fredericton shooter set for 8 weeks this autumn

FREDERICTON - A Fredericton man accused of fatally shooting four people, including two police officers, in a killing spree last August will stand trial this fall. Eight weeks have been set aside ...

Mar 20, 2019

Celina Caesar-Chavannes quits Liberal caucus, sits as independent MP

OTTAWA - Celina Caesar-Chavannes has informed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that she's leaving the federal Liberal caucus and will sit as an independent MP. The Whitby, Ont., MP has been a v...

Mar 20, 2019