Canada

Vancouver council mulling first steps toward possible 2030 Olympic bid

Vancouver's council is considering taking the first small steps toward hosting another Olympic Games. Council will vote Wednesday on a motion to write letters to the Canadian Olympic Committee, Canadi...

Nov 03, 2020

Canadians and Americans want loosened COVID-19 restrictions for border town

DELTA, B.C. - Steve Power is standing on a beach across from his wife and two granddaughters, but they're ever so careful not to break the law by touching each other or stepping over an invisible line...

Nov 03, 2020

B.C. seniors advocate wants change in care home visits during pandemic

British Columbia's seniors advocate says health restrictions limiting visits at long-term care and assisted living facilities to prevent the spread of COVID-19 should be revised to allow more visitors...

Nov 03, 2020

'An insult to the families:' Saskatchewan government wants out of Broncos lawsuit

REGINA - Lawyers for the Saskatchewan government are to be in a Regina courtroom Wednesday to ask a judge to remove the province from a lawsuit filed by families of victims of the deadly Humboldt Bron...

Nov 03, 2020

An electric U.S. election day sees voters deliver final verdict, brace for fallout

FAIRFAX, Va. - A towering barrier against protesters surrounds the White House as Americans deliver a final verdict on their next commander-in-chief. Inside the "anti-scale" fence, similar to on...

Nov 03, 2020

Teacher tells Bill 21 court challenge that her hijab is not source of discord

MONTREAL - Another Muslim teacher has taken the stand at the court challenge to Quebec's secularism law, testifying that her hijab has no impact on her ability to teach. Bouchera Chelbi testified toda...

Nov 03, 2020

Supreme Court orders new trial for Halifax man convicted in pizza delivery death

HALIFAX - The Supreme Court of Canada ordered a new trial today for a Halifax man who was convicted in 2018 of second-degree murder in the death of a pizza deliveryman. Randy Riley was sentenced to li...

Nov 03, 2020

'An insult to the families:' Saskatchewan government wants out of Broncos lawsuit

REGINA - Lawyers for the Saskatchewan government are to be in a Regina courtroom Wednesday to ask a judge to remove the province from a lawsuit filed by families of victims of the deadly Humboldt Bron...

Nov 03, 2020

Legault says France's Emmanuel Macron has thanked him for backing on free speech

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault says France's president has thanked him for his support of free speech, a day after Legault publicly disagreed with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the issu...

Nov 03, 2020

Canada ready to help citizens in U.S. in case of post-election disruption: Freeland

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada's diplomats will be ready to help Canadians living south of the border if there's trouble in the United States after election day. She says...

Greg Fry Nov 03, 2020