Canada

Fatality inquiry into slaying of Nova Scotia family delayed until next year

HALIFAX - Lawyers taking part in an inquiry investigating why former soldier Lionel Desmond killed his family and himself in 2017 say hearings won't resume until next year, a delay they say is difficu...

Oct 28, 2020

Alberta union leaders launch protest website against UCP government

EDMONTON - Labour-union leaders are urging Albertans to sign up to protest Premier Jason Kenney's government through rallies and demonstrations and, if necessary, province-wide general strikes.Gil McG...

Oct 28, 2020

Focus on infrastructure, involve community to fix reserve water issues: observers

The evacuation of a remote Ontario First Nation over the latest development in a decades-long water crisis has highlighted the need to focus on reserve water infrastructure systems as a whole and invo...

Oct 28, 2020

Call for action as U.S. reports sharp drop in North Atlantic right whale population

HALIFAX - A conservation organization is calling on the Canadian and U.S. governments to take action to protect North Atlantic right whales after new American data revealed a sharp decline in the enda...

Oct 28, 2020

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 11 a.m. Ontario is reporting 834 new cases of COVID-19 and five more deaths linked to the novel coronavirus. Another 773 cas...

Greg Fry Oct 28, 2020

Move to Canada? A pipe dream for some Americans is a parachute for Canadian expats

WASHINGTON, Wash. - When people in the United States talk about moving to Canada to escape four more years of Donald Trump, it's usually either a punchline or a pipe dream. Ask some of the roughly 800...

Oct 28, 2020

Blanchet demands apology from Trudeau for War Measures Act, passed 50 years ago

OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet is calling on the government to apologize for legislation that remains controversial 50 years after its passage during the October Crisis in Quebec.I...

Oct 28, 2020

Trial hears N.B. gunman felt he was surrounded by 'demons,' had to fight his way out

The man on trial for a 2018 mass shooting in Fredericton says he thought the end of times had begun and he might have to use his guns to fight his way out of his apartment. Matthew Raymond, 50, ...

Oct 28, 2020

Culture to become latest front in military's fight against sexual misconduct

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is diving into the age-old question of what constitutes "military culture" as part of its latest plan to eliminate what it calls the "wicked problem" of sexual misco...

Oct 28, 2020

The Battle of Capitol Hill: White House race gets headlines, but Senate has suspense

WASHINGTON, Wash. - The race to win the White House may be getting all the headlines, but there's real suspense in the battle for control of Capitol Hill. Overshadowed by the main event of elect...

Oct 28, 2020