Canada

Doug Ford offers to host premiers' meeting to discuss national unity

TORONTO - National unity was top of mind for Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday as he offered to host a meeting of provincial leaders to address what he called Western Canada's al...

Nov 06, 2019

Quebec renames hydroelectric installations after late premier, Bernard Landry

MONTREAL - A hydroelectric project in far northern Quebec has been renamed after a former premier described Monday as courageous, visionary and compassionate, and whose personal relatio...

Nov 06, 2019

Nunavut government services affected by weekend ransomware attack

IQALUIT, Nunavut - First, someone using a government of Nunavut computer clicked on a link they shouldn't have. Next, there was a message saying: "If you want your data back, then please contact ...

Nov 06, 2019

Officer says she noticed nothing unusual with man who died in Halifax jail cell

HALIFAX - A special constable facing criminal charges in an inmate's death testified she didn't notice anything unusual about the prisoner as she checked on him in his cell. Const. Cheryl Gardner says...

Nov 06, 2019

Second World War medals donated to Goodwill returned to soldier's family

CALGARY - Second World War medals discovered in a Calgary thrift store's donation pile have been returned to a fallen soldier's family. The Goodwill shop's manager had said she&nbs...

Nov 06, 2019

Remembrance Way to honour lives lost in Gander during peacekeeping, wartime

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway just east of Gander, N.L., passes two sites that speak to the town's outsized role in the history of war, peacekeeping and their acco...

Nov 06, 2019

Gilbert Rozon renounces right to preliminary hearing in sexual assault case

MONTREAL - The Crown says Quebec entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon has renounced his right to a preliminary hearing and has been ordered to stand trial in a sexual assault case. Rozon, a fou...

Nov 06, 2019

Almost half of all First Nations families are 'food insecure': 10-year study

OTTAWA - A new national study of nutrition among First Nations has found rates of obesity and diabetes that are significantly higher than the general Canadian population. The study, a decade...

Nov 06, 2019

Green coalition says feds must admit true costs of climate change

OTTAWA - Almost two dozen Canadian environment groups are urging the federal Liberal government to make sure its next budget acknowledges that climate change is costing the country hundreds ...

Nov 06, 2019

New Senate group forms to push regional interests in a fractured Parliament

OTTAWA - Canada's Senate took another step Monday in its evolution toward a less partisan chamber of sober second thought as 11 senators banded together to form a new&nbs...

Nov 06, 2019