Canada

Diane Ford, mother of Rob and Doug Ford, dies at 85, premier's office says

TORONTO - Diane Ford, the mother of Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the late Toronto mayor Rob Ford, has died at the age of 85. The premier's office said the Ford matriarch died in her Etobicoke home on...

Jan 07, 2020

A brief look at some of Canada's biggest wildfires in the last two decades

OTTAWA - Okanagan Mountain Park, B.C., 2003: 25,600 hectares burned, 33,050 people evacuated, 238 homes burned. McLure, B.C., 2003: 26,420 hectares burned, destroying or damaging 72 homes, and forcing...

Jan 07, 2020

Iranian-Canadian man on day trip to U.S. day says he faced discrimination

VANCOUVER - Sam Sadr's first trip to the United States from his home in North Vancouver was supposed to be a relaxing getaway but he says his birth in Iran made him a target at the border, where ...

Jan 07, 2020

Company says work delay possible as it seeks meeting over B.C. pipeline dispute

SMITHERS, B.C. - A company building a natural gas pipeline though northwestern British Columbia says it could delay work in an area at the centre of a dispute with a First Nation,&...

Jan 07, 2020

Experts say climate change is driving up the risk of wildfires in Canada

OTTAWA - Canadian wildfire experts say Canada is very vulnerable to the kind of devastating wildfires ravaging Australia right now. More than 12.5 million hectares of bushland...

Jan 07, 2020

Quebec emerging as potential hub for Conservative leadership hopefuls

OTTAWA - The Conservative leadership race is heating up as contenders continue to jockey into position ahead of the release of the rules for the contest. And despite - or perhaps because of - the part...

Jan 07, 2020

Alberta fires back at UN committee for criticism of energy megaprojects

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the United Nations is an unelected, unaccountable body that has no business criticizing Canada's energy megaprojects.Sonya Savage, in a statement, says that i...

Jan 07, 2020

Plans for Cdns unclear after Iraq lawmakers call for expulsion of foreign troops

OTTAWA - Canada is closely monitoring developments after Iraq's parliament called for the expulsion of foreign troops from the country, a spokesman for Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said. But Sajjan'...

Jan 07, 2020

Bodies placed in odd spots in Ottawa hospitals as morgues overflow

OTTAWA - The head of a union representing workers at the Ottawa Hospital says something must be done about the excess of cadavers that has overfilled the hospital's morgues and led to cadave...

Jan 07, 2020

Deputy Prime Minister Freeland meets with Kenney, Nenshi in Calgary

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he hopes to see concrete action in short order after meeting today with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. Before the two headed into their meeting in...

Jan 07, 2020