Canada

Royal Canadian Legion expels members for wearing unearned military commendations

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Legion says it has taken a landmark decision to expel two members for wearing military commendations they did not earn as the 95-year-old veterans' organization crack downs...

Jan 23, 2020

Malaysia returns 150 containers of garbage, including 11 to Canada

OTTAWA - The Malaysian government sent 11 shipping containers of plastic garbage back to Canada recently as the country takes a hard stand to try to keep illegal foreign waste from its shores. But Can...

Jan 23, 2020

Manitoba premier says grain-drying would be exempt from a provincial carbon tax

BRANDON, Man. - One day after signalling a compromise on a carbon tax, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister pitched the idea to agriculture producers who have largely opposed a tax on carbon and...

Jan 23, 2020

Canada applauds international court decision on Myanmar Rohingya genocide

OTTAWA - Canada is urging Myanmar to fully comply with an international court ruling calling on the South Asian country to protect its minority Muslim Rohingya population from genocide. Foreign Affair...

Jan 23, 2020

Charest bows out of Tory race, citing rules of contest and changed party

MONTREAL - Former Quebec premier Jean Charest announced Tuesday that he will not seek the federal Conservative leadership, citing the short timeline of the race and a party that has undergone "de...

Jan 23, 2020

Health minister to consult on expanding medical aid in dying to mentally ill

MONTREAL - Quebec's health minister says there will be at least one day of public consultations on expanding medical assistance in dying after an outcry over a plan to potentially extend it to th...

Jan 23, 2020

Transportation board approves Uber, Lyft ride-hail services in Lower Mainland

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Passenger Transportation Board has granted long-awaited licensing approvals to ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft for service in the Lower Mainland and Whistl...

Jan 23, 2020

NDP to put forward private member's bill on making national pharmacare a reality

OTTAWA - The New Democrats are planning to bring forward legislation to implement a national, universal pharmacare program. NDP House Leader Peter Julian is set to table a private member's bill a...

Jan 23, 2020

Quebec professors appeal to Supreme Court ruling on succession to British throne

MONTREAL - While Prince Harry is shaking up the British monarchy, Canada's Supreme Court is being asked to throw out a law that modified the rules governing succession to the throne. Tw...

Jan 23, 2020

It was heralded as one of Quebec City's earliest fortifications, but was it?

MONTREAL - It was heralded in 2018 as a major historic find: a 15-metre segment of a wood palisade, built in 1693 by French troops and settlers to protect against attacks from British and Indigen...

Jan 23, 2020