Canada

Ex-Hasidic couple take Quebec to court over religious school education

MONTREAL - A trial is underway that pits the Quebec Education Department against a former Hasidic Jewish couple who allege the government failed to ensure they received an adequate education. A lawyer...

Feb 10, 2020

China won't release 'two Michaels' because of coronavirus help: experts

OTTAWA - Experts say Ottawa shouldn't expect Beijing to do it any favours and free the "two Michaels" in return for medical co-operation fighting the new coronavirus. China's ambassador to Canada...

Feb 10, 2020

Liberals pull plug on 12-year-old plan to move elite Joint Task Force 2 unit

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is pulling the plug on a 12-year-old plan to move the military's elite Joint Task Force 2 from its base near the national capital. The decision ends more than a decade ...

Feb 10, 2020

Wet'suwet'en supporters light ceremonial fire at steps of B.C. legislature

VICTORIA - Efforts by hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en Nation to halt a pipeline project have prompted arrests and spurred a national movement that saw protesters light a ceremonial fire at the f...

Feb 10, 2020

Jordan Peterson in Russia for medical benzodiazepine detox: Daughter

The daughter of controversial Canadian author Jordan Peterson says her father is recovering in Russia from "physical dependence" to anti-anxiety medication. Mikhaila Peterson says in a YouTube&nb...

Feb 10, 2020

Ottawa launches consultations on Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain pipeline

CALGARY - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership...

Feb 10, 2020

School board association could fight Quebec's education bill, with federal help

QUEBEC - The association representing Quebec's English-language school boards has been granted federal money to challenge a major Quebec education-reform bill, its vice-president says, days after...

Feb 10, 2020

Arrests made as anti-pipeline protesters block Vancouver ports, defy injunction

VANCOUVER - Police have begun enforcing a court injunction preventing protesters from blocking several entrances to the Port of Vancouver and at DeltaPort, south of the city. Officers arrived at ...

Greg Fry Feb 10, 2020

'Reaper of death:' Fearsome new dinosaur species discovered in Alberta

CALGARY - A fearsome lizard with a name meaning "reaper of death" is the first new tyrannosaur species to be identified in Canada in 50 years, say researchers with the University of Calgary ...

Feb 10, 2020

Canada, Ethiopia starting talks towards investment agreement: Trudeau

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brought the promise of an investment agreement with Ethiopia and $10 million to help empower African women to the table Saturday as he continued h...

Feb 10, 2020