Canada

Friends, family say goodbye to 4-year-old girl found dead in conservation area

TORONTO - Several hundred mourners have gathered at a Toronto funeral home to celebrate the life of a four-year-old who died at a conservation area. Keira Kagan's family remembers her as a smart, witt...

Feb 13, 2020

Ex-Hasidic man educated in religious school had never heard of science, trial told

MONTREAL - A former member of an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish group north of Montreal has told a courtroom that he graduated from an unlicensed religious school without ever hearing&nb...

Feb 13, 2020

Conservatives press Trudeau on alleged Chinese role in hack of Canadian data

OTTAWA - The Conservatives want to know what federal officials are doing about China's alleged involvement in stealing data from thousands of Canadians. In a letter to Prime M...

Feb 13, 2020

Quebec knew about illegal Hasidic religious schools for decades, trial hears

MONTREAL - The Quebec government knew for decades that children in a Hasidic Jewish community north of Montreal were not receiving a legal secular education, a witness said Monday&...

Feb 13, 2020

Saskatchewan derailment: More rail restrictions after 1.2M litres of oil spill

GUERNSEY, Sask. - Both of Canada's major railways are restricting permits for shipping dangerous goods after a fiery train derailment last week in Saskatchewan that spilled about 1.2 million litr...

Feb 13, 2020

Japan confirms 12 Canadians on cruise ship infected with novel coronavirus

OTTAWA - Japanese authorities might soon allow people quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship near Tokyo, where 12 Canadians have contracted the novel coronavirus, to disembark and fi...

Feb 13, 2020

Trudeau to take UN Security Council pitch to Caribbean next week

OTTAWA - Next stop: the Caribbean. That is where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be heading next week as he continues making his pitch for why Canada should have a seat on the United Nations Securi...

Feb 13, 2020

As Africa trip nears end, Trudeau visits farm in Senegal helped by Canadian aid

KERI, Senegal - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting a farm in Senegal's "California" today, seeing first-hand the benefits of some Canadian aid funding. The Niayes region is feeling the effects ...

Feb 13, 2020

Further measures coming to protect endangered right whales, minister says

HALIFAX - Further measures are coming to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale in Canadian waters, federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan told a meeting on fishing gear innovation Tu...

Feb 13, 2020

Trudeau in Senegal for final African stop of UN Security Council campaigning

DAKAR, Senegal - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Senegal late Tuesday for an official visit that will test his commitment to gender equality with one of Canada's closest francophone...

Feb 13, 2020