Canada

Prince Harry, Meghan and Archie in Canada for the holidays

TORONTO - If you're out and about in Canada this holiday season and happen to spot a couple with a young boy that look remarkably like Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and their son Archie, your eye...

Dec 21, 2019

In Nova Scotia, extremes of elation and despair in wake of N.S. mill closure

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - There was despair and elation in northeastern Nova Scotia on Saturday as the fallout of a pulp mill's coming closure started to ripple through communities ...

Dec 21, 2019

PM asks U.S. not to sign final trade deal with China until Canadians released

OTTAWA - Canada has asked the United States not to sign any final trade agreement with China until two Canadians detained in China have been released, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a Fr...

Dec 21, 2019

Quebec's Chantier Davie only shipyard to qualify for icebreaker work: Feds

OTTAWA - The Quebec shipbuilding industry got a boost from the federal Liberal government Thursday, with news that the Davie shipyard outside Quebec City will be the only builder eligible for potentia...

Dec 21, 2019

Ontario signs on to housing help from the federal Liberal government

OTTAWA - Money will begin to flow next summer in Ontario through the first of an expected 13 funding agreements for a new rent supplement for low-income households, as officials wo...

Dec 21, 2019

Supreme Court ruling means children of Russian spies are Canadian citizens

OTTAWA - Alexander Vavilov, the Toronto-born son of Russian spies, breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after the Supreme Court declared him a Canadian citizen and ended a long-running le...

Dec 21, 2019

'Intimidating:' Alberta's energy war room singles out climate campaigner

Steven Lee has spoken in hundreds of classrooms around the country about challenges for today's young people posed by everything from genetic engineering to artificial intelligence to climate cha...

Dec 21, 2019

Assault charges against former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle dismissed

OTTAWA - A judge on Thursday dismissed all charges against former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle, who had been accused of assaulting his wife Caitlan Coleman. It took Ontario Court Ju...

Dec 21, 2019

Three teens who pleaded guilty in St. Mike's sex scandal are spared jail time

TORONTO - Three teens who had pleaded guilty to assaulting and sexually assaulting two fellow students at an all-boys Catholic school in Toronto smiled, cried and hugged their families on Thursda...

Dec 21, 2019

Legalizing hard drugs not a 'panacea' to opioids crisis, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's unconvinced that decriminalizing hard drugs is a "panacea" to the country's ongoing opioids crisis, and other options need a chance before conside...

Dec 21, 2019