Canada

Get on with promised gun-control measures, advocates urge Trudeau government

OTTAWA - Advocates of stricter gun control are urging the Trudeau government to get on with promised reforms, saying they are months overdue. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has pledged new measures...

Greg Fry Nov 30, 2020

Wild winter, drastic swings in store for Canada this year: Weather Network

A prominent Canadian forecaster says the country's residents could experience everything from winter wonderlands to spring-like spells in the months ahead. The Weather Network says cooler Pacific Ocea...

Nov 30, 2020

Star defence witness to testify at Alek Minassian's murder trial

TORONTO - The defence's star witness is set to testify today at the trial of the man who killed 10 people in Toronto's van attack. Dr. Alexander Westphal is expected to say Alek Minassian is not crimi...

Nov 30, 2020

B.C.'s economic recovery minister says getting through pandemic will be team approach

VICTORIA - The British Columbia cabinet minister appointed to lead the province's COVID-19 pandemic recovery says he plans to mount a large team effort from inside and outside of government spur econo...

Nov 29, 2020

Draft fishery deal possibly a 'historic recognition' of treaty rights: Mi'kmaq chief

SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. - A draft agreement between Ottawa and a Nova Scotia First nation over a "moderate livelihood" fishery has the potential to be a historic recognition of Mi'kmaq treaty rights, the ...

Nov 29, 2020

Canada public health officials urge reduced contacts as COVID cases continue to rise

New COVID-19 infections continue to mount in several provinces, though today's new case numbers fall short of record-setting totals seen in recent weeks. Public health officials in Quebec are reportin...

Nov 29, 2020

Draft fishery deal possibly a 'historic recognition' of treaty rights: Mi'kmaq chief

SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. - A draft agreement between Ottawa and a Nova Scotia First nation over a "moderate livelihood" fishery has the potential to be a historic recognition of Mi'kmaq treaty rights, the ...

Nov 29, 2020

'I've been spared a lot,' van attack survivor says as she watches trial alone

TORONTO - Every day virtual court sits, Catherine Riddell wakes up, shakes off the aches, grabs her walker and hops in a cab down to the real courthouse where she steels herself for a long day peering...

Nov 29, 2020

Spread of COVID-19 in Brampton linked to systemic factors, experts say

When Kelly Lopes learned back in the spring that the Ontario government was ordering her teenaged children to stay home from school for their own safety but expected them and their parents to continue...

Nov 29, 2020

Nunavut judges disagree on how to sentence offenders during pandemic

IQALUIT - Three Nunavut judges, including the territory's chief justice, are at odds over whether harsher prison conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic should be considered in sentencing. One of t...

Nov 29, 2020