Canada

Iraq's approval of expanded NATO mission 'very positive,' Sajjan says

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is hailing the Iraqi government's decision to let NATO stay in the country as a "very positive development," weeks after Iraq's legislators demanded f...

Feb 13, 2020

Alberta unloads crude-by-rail contracts signed under former NDP government

CALGARY - Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta has completed a deal to get out of the oil-by-rail business, but at a loss of $1.3 billion - a debacle he blames on the former NDP government. Kenney s...

Feb 13, 2020

Government charts path toward supporting PTSD sufferers

OTTAWA - The federal government has released its plan to improve support for people who are affected by post-traumatic stress disorder. The plan from Health Minister Patty Hajdu charts a path for how ...

Feb 13, 2020

Hospitals threatened to not see troops after military cut reimbursement rates

OTTAWA - Senior defence officials were warned that a fight with provinces and hospitals over soldiers' medical costs, including threats not to treat military personnel, could mean "negative ...

Feb 13, 2020

Inquiry learns about gap in care for former soldier Lionel Desmond

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A nurse who assessed Lionel Desmond two months before the mentally ill veteran killed his family and himself in 2017 says his symptoms of post-traumatic stress ...

Feb 13, 2020

Pipeline protests impact B.C. legislature and Canada's rail network

Protests in support of Indigenous hereditary chiefs who oppose a major pipeline project flared across Canada for a fifth day on Tuesday, disrupting British Columbia's legislature and forcing the cance...

Feb 13, 2020

CN says parts of network will close if blockades remain, Via cancels service

MONTREAL - Canada's rail system was under stress Tuesday as Via Rail cancelled passenger service on key routes and Canadian National Railway Co. warned it will be forced to close "signi...

Feb 13, 2020

Family struggling to make sense of four-year-old girl's sudden death

An Ontario family says it is struggling to make sense of the sudden death of their four-year-old daughter, whose body was found alongside her father's at the bottom of an esca...

Feb 13, 2020

Canada, U.S. have lost military edge over Russia in the Arctic: Norad commander

OTTAWA - The commander of North America's aging early-warning system says the United States and Canada have lost their military advantage in the Arctic to Russia. U.S. Gen. Terrence O'Shaugh...

Feb 13, 2020

Former Fort McMurray fire chief accused of harassment in earlier Calgary jobs

CALGARY - A former Alberta fire chief hailed by many as a hero for his role in battling the massive 2016 wildfire in Fort McMurray has been accused of sexually harassing a female subordinate duri...

Feb 13, 2020