Canada

Canadian class-action suit against Facebook alleges misuse of personal information

OTTAWA - Two Facebook users are seeking damages on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Canadians whose personal data may have been improperly used for political purposes. The proposed class-action laws...

Oct 28, 2020

Canadians come together online to ring in U.S. election with cross-border stakes

In 2008, avid politico Daniel Roukema was moved to tears while watching the U.S. election at an Ottawa pub, the elated crowd around him breaking into cheers, when the newscaster announced that Barack ...

Oct 28, 2020

Alek Minassian to appear in court as it prepares for murder trial

TORONTO - The man who killed 10 people when he drove a van down a busy Toronto sidewalk is set to appear in court today. Alek Minassian faces 10 charges of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempt...

Oct 28, 2020

EI commissioners say workers, companies want non-partisan review of system, stat

OTTAWA - The representatives for employers and workers in the employment insurance system say they are deeply concerned that a promised review of the program will be lost in the heat of a minority Par...

Oct 28, 2020

Bank of Canada set to release updated outlook for economy, inflation

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada will release its updated outlook for the country's pandemic-plagued economy. The central bank in July said it believed the country had been spared from a worst-case scenari...

Greg Fry Oct 28, 2020

Civil, respectful but still tough: Canada-U.S. trade under a Biden presidency

OTTAWA - Canada coped with nearly four years of Donald Trump rewriting or shredding the international trade rule book. But Canadian hope of a rosy return to rules-based bonhomie with its top trading p...

Oct 28, 2020

Officer didn't alert feds that CBSA would examine Meng before arrest, court hears

VANCOUVER - The RCMP officer who arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport says he didn't know how long questioning by Canada Border Services Agency officials would delay her arres...

Oct 27, 2020

Judge rejects youths' lawsuit that asks Canada to develop climate recovery plan

VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has rejected claims by 15 young people asking that Ottawa be compelled to develop a climate recovery plan based on science, but their lawyers say the ruling will be a...

Oct 27, 2020

Alberta COVID deaths pushes Canada past milestone of 10,000 deaths

Canada reached a grim and worrying milestone Tuesday in the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing 10,000 novel coronavirus deaths. Alberta reported two deaths from COVID-19 to lift the national tally to 10,00...

Oct 27, 2020

Government Senate rep proposes less partisan review of pandemic response

OTTAWA - The government representative in the Senate is proposing the upper chamber carry out a comprehensive review of the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to leaders of th...

Oct 27, 2020