Canada

NAFTA, gun bill Liberal priorities as House of Commons gets back to work

OTTAWA - The work begins in earnest today for the Liberal minority government as the House of Commons opens for business after a lengthy winter break. The first piece of major legislat...

Jan 27, 2020

Venezuelan opposition leader to meet Trudeau as part of international tour

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits down today with Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido. The head of the South American nation's congress is on an international tour to bolster support for...

Jan 27, 2020

Quebec Court of Appeal to hear Alexandre Bissonnette appeals on Monday

MONTREAL - Nearly three years after the massacre that claimed six lives at the Quebec City mosque, the length of the sentence imposed on the man convicted of the crimes will be debated in the pro...

Jan 26, 2020

China, other 'autocrats' no fans of Canada's UN Security Council bid: expert

OTTAWA - The ill will of autocratic countries like China, and some worthy head-on competitors, should compel the Trudeau government to campaign harder for a seat on the United Nations S...

Jan 26, 2020

Get coronavirus information from credible sources: public health officials

TORONTO - Even before Canada's first coronavirus case was announced in Toronto over the weekend, Canada's medical community was on alert - and not just for the disease. Public health officials sa...

Jan 26, 2020

Canadian Lunar New Year celebrations dampened by coronavirus worries

VANCOUVER - Lunar New Year celebrations are set to get underway in Vancouver's Chinatown late Sunday morning, while at least one other event in the Lower Mainland has been cancelled over fears of coro...

Jan 26, 2020

Coronavirus patient showed mild symptoms on flight

OTTAWA - The first Canadian patient diagnosed with a novel form of coronavirus began showing signs of illness on the plane that brought him back from the disease's epicentre., Canada's Chief Public He...

Jan 26, 2020

One body found as police search for missing French snowmobilers for third day

ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. - Rescue divers with Quebec's provincial police have pulled the body of one of the five missing French snowmobilers out of the waters of a river in the province's Lac-Sa...

Jan 26, 2020

How letters to his daughter helped Poilievre back out of Tory leadership race

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre had spent weeks pushing past a fear about what a run for the Conservative leadership would mean for his family. He'd promised his wife and 18-m...

Jan 26, 2020

Memo to Trudeau prods Liberals to look at reviving vice-regal appointments board

OTTAWA - Senior officials advising Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have pressed him gently to rethink how the Liberals have chosen the Queen's representatives in Canada as he gets ready to make ano...

Jan 26, 2020