Canada

Inquiry learns about gap in care for former soldier Lionel Desmond

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

Feb 11, 2020

Entrances to B.C. legislature blocked as pipeline protests flare across Canada

VICTORIA - Hundreds of protesters blocked the entrances to the British Columbia legislature on Tuesday as demonstrations in support of Indigenous hereditary chiefs who oppose a pipeline project contin...

Feb 11, 2020

1.2M litres of oil spilled in Saskatchewan train derailment

GUERNSEY, Sask. - The Saskatchewan government says about 1.2 million litres of oil was spilled during a fiery train derailment in Saskatchewan last week. The province's ministry of environment says th...

Feb 11, 2020

Trudeau to take UN Security Council pitch to Caribbean next week

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will head to the Caribbean next week to make his pitch to a new audience for why Canada should be given a seat on the UN Security Council. Trudeau is to fly to t...

Feb 11, 2020

Further measures coming to protect endangered right whales, minister says

HALIFAX - Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says Ottawa will announce further measures in the coming weeks to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Speaking to a fishing gear i...

Feb 11, 2020

Jane Philpott appointed dean of Queen's University faculty of health sciences

KINGSTON, Ont. - Former federal health minister Jane Philpott has been tapped to lead the faculty of health sciences at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. The university says Philpott, who repr...

Feb 11, 2020

Trudeau en route to Senegal for final stop of UN campaigning in Africa

DAKAR, Senegal - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is en route to Senegal for an official visit with one of Canada's closest francophone partners in Africa. Trudeau's visit will include a meeting with Pre...

Feb 11, 2020

Local couple miss chocolates but 'life is good' on quarantined cruise ship

A husband and wife from central Alberta say they are "feeling quite happy and relaxed" quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in the port city of Yokohama, just outside Tokyo.Lolit...

Feb 11, 2020

Canada ready to offer more help to China amid coronavirus outbreak, Trudeau says

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Canada is standing by in case China asks for more help as it grapples with the novel coronavirus outbreak that originated there, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday, noti...

Feb 11, 2020

Trudeau says UN Security Council seat would up Canada's global game

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday he is seeking a seat for Canada on the powerful United Nations Security Council because it is where the world's most pressing iss...

Feb 11, 2020