Canada

Quebec taxi drivers decry industry overhaul they say will force them into bankruptcy

MONTREAL - Thousands of furious taxi drivers clogged streets and caused major traffic jams in Montreal and Quebec City Monday, claiming the government's decision to overhaul the industry will drive ma...

Mar 27, 2019

CP NewsAlert: Owner of truck in Broncos crash pleads guilty to safety charges

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. A lawyer for Sukhmander Singh of Adesh ...

Mar 27, 2019

Canadian man accused of spying in China gets visit by consular officials

OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says consular officials in China paid a visit Monday to detained former diplomat Michael Kovrig. It is the fifth time Kovrig has received a consular visit...

Mar 27, 2019

Humboldt Broncos playoff run comes to an end, one year after bus crash

ESTEVAN, Sask. - Hope the rebuilt Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team had of winning a championship a year after several players were killed in a bus crash has been dashed. The Saskatchewan Junio...

Mar 27, 2019

Catholic dioceses commission retired judge to look into sex abuse allegations

MONTREAL - Church dioceses in Quebec have appointed a retired judge to assess the number of people alleging they were sexually abused as minors by Catholic clergy over almost seven decades. The Archdi...

Mar 27, 2019

Canada Revenue Agency tax services back online after 'hardware' problems

OTTAWA - The websites Canadians use to file their taxes online were offline for most of Monday as a result of what the Canada Revenue Agency called a "computer hardware i...

Mar 27, 2019

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

HALIFAX - A new report on street checks and racial profiling by Halifax-area police has found they have a disproportionate and negative impact on the African Nova Scotia community, contributing t...

Mar 27, 2019

China ratchets up pressure on Canada by suspending another canola exporter

BEIJING - China says it suspended a second major Canadian canola exporter over alleged safety concerns as the diplomatic row between the two countries deepens further following the detention of a top ...

Mar 27, 2019

Chinese student Wanzhen Lu found safe after abduction Saturday:police

Chinese student Wanzhen Lu, who was violently taken from an underground parking garage in Markham, Ont., north of Toronto on Saturday, has been found safe and in good health. Const. Andy Pat...

Mar 27, 2019

In the news today, March 27

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, March 27 --- ABDUCTED CHINESE STUDENT WANZHEN LU FOUND SAFE Chinese student Wanzhen Lu, who was violently taken from an underground parking ...

Mar 27, 2019