Canada

Manitoba government to pull nurses ad that union says is demeaning to women

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is pulling a series of advertisements aimed at recruiting nurses after one of the images was criticized as being sexist and patronizing. The ads have been online sin...

Mar 28, 2019

FCA to cut Windsor auto assembly shift in fall at loss of 1,500 jobs

WINDSOR, Ont. - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles says it plans to cut the third shift at its Windsor, Ont., assembly plant later this year at a cost of about 1,500 jobs. The move to end the shift starting Se...

Mar 28, 2019

Ontario's highest court sets 15-day cap on solitary confinement

TORONTO - Ontario's top court has placed a hard cap on solitary confinement in prisons, saying inmates can no longer be isolated for more than 15 days because that amounts to cruel...

Mar 28, 2019

Dress code at B.C. legislature, women make short-sleeve fashion statement

VICTORIA - A dress code debate at British Columbia's legislature has prompted some women to roll up their sleeves in protest. Acting sergeant-at-arms Randy Ennis says members of his office's ...

Mar 28, 2019

Liberal premier calls Prince Edward Island election for April 23

CHARLOTTETOWN - P.E.I. Premier Wade MacLauchlan called an early election Tuesday night, announcing an April 23 vote that polls suggest could produce Canada's first Green Party government. "This is Pri...

Mar 28, 2019

Mass lobbying effort launched to convince Goodale to remove mention of Sikh terrorism

OTTAWA - A Canadian group advocating for an independent Sikh state in India says the federal government has put all Sikh Canadians in jeopardy by listing Sikh extremism as one of five major terrorist ...

Mar 28, 2019

Independent probe sought in heavy-handed intervention by Montreal subway inspectors

MONTREAL - A Montreal man who was beaten by transit inspectors in a ticketing attempt captured on a bystander video this month broke his silence Tuesday, criticizing what he said was an excessive use ...

Mar 28, 2019

Former Afghanistan hostage Boyle made frantic 911 call about wife, court hears

OTTAWA - Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle made a frantic, late-night 911 call in December 2017 to say his wife Caitlan Coleman had run screaming from their Ottawa apartment, threatening to kill...

Mar 28, 2019

Quebec premier defends limiting court challenges of upcoming secularism bill

MONTREAL - Premier Francois Legault invoked Quebecers' values, language and distinctiveness Tuesday to justify shielding from court challenge upcoming legislation th...

Mar 28, 2019

Port Moody mayor charged with sex assault: BC Prosecution Service

PORT MOODY, B.C. - The BC Prosecution Service says the mayor of Port Moody, B.C., has been charged with sexual assault. The service says in a statement that Robert Vagramov is alleged to hav...

Mar 28, 2019