Canada

Crown seeks Supreme Court of Canada hearing in railway terror case

OTTAWA - The Crown is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to review an appeal court's decision to order a new trial for two men convicted of plotting to crash a Via Rail train. In&n...

Nov 18, 2019

Montreal honours 'hero' driver who used SUV to shield pedestrians

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is honouring a man hailed as a hero after he used his SUV to shield pedestrians from a speeding car. Mayor Valerie Plante praised Erick Ma...

Nov 18, 2019

Trudeau pressed to ensure less restrictive assisted-dying law a priority

OTTAWA - Even before he swears in his new cabinet, Justin Trudeau is being urged to ask his new justice minister to move swiftly to make Canada's assisted-dying law less restrictive. Th...

Nov 18, 2019

Omar Khadr appeal American military court remains in limbo: lawyer

A military court is refusing to lift a stay of Omar Khadr's appeal of his convictions in Guantanamo Bay. His Edmonton lawyer, Nate Whitling, says the new order by the United States Court of Milit...

Nov 18, 2019

Environment groups say climate change should dominate cabinet choices

OTTAWA - Several environment leaders say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to put action on climate change in the mandate letter of every minister he names to his inner circle. Trudeau is set to unv...

Nov 18, 2019

Some military personnel linked to hate warned, disciplined but allowed to stay

OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says 16 military members that a report last year linked to hateful actions or groups have been warned, disciplined or ordered to take counselling, but allow...

Nov 18, 2019

Cold, stormy winter forecast across much of Canada, The Weather Network predicts

It's going to be a long, cold and messy winter across much of Canada, according to the seasonal forecast released Monday by the Weather Network. November has already brought historically early snowfal...

Nov 17, 2019

The big chill and a royal visitor; In-The-News for Nov. 18

In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 18. What we are watching in Canada ... Th...

Nov 18, 2019

Inquiry into deaths of former soldier and his Nova Scotia family begins today

HALIFAX - An inquiry begins today in the case of Lionel Desmond, the Afghan war veteran who bought a rifle and killed his mother, wife and daughter before turning the weapon on himself in early 2...

Nov 18, 2019

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, king of Jordan to meet in Ottawa Monday

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets today with the king of Jordan. It is King Abdullah II's fifth visit to Canada in his twenty years on the throne of the Middle Eastern country. Th...

Nov 18, 2019