Canada

Final debate behind them, federal leaders begin sprints to Oct. 21 voting day

OTTAWA - Party leaders entered the home stretch of the federal election campaign Friday, picking up the pace of their cross-country travel as they confronted listless poll numbers and a shri...

Oct 13, 2019

Rewards for good behaviour part of school-violence prevention: teachers' union

VANCOUVER - Hearing about the stabbing death of a 14-year-old boy outside a school in Hamilton has Darrel Crimeni grappling with questions of bullying and a lack of empathy that may also hav...

Oct 13, 2019

Mourners gather for slain teenager's funeral in Hamilton today

HAMILTON - Dozens of mourners drove muscle cars and motorcycles to the funeral of a 14-year-old stabbing victim in honour of the boy's love of classic automobiles. Many wore pink to tribute ...

Oct 12, 2019

Montreal demonstrators protest Turkish military invasion in northern Syria

MONTREAL - Demonstrators gathered in Montreal Saturday to protest Turkey's incursion into northeast Syria, warning of humanitarian disaster and U.S. strategic folly. Members of the Kurdish-C...

Oct 12, 2019

Manitoba Hydro unable to estimate how long some customers will be without power

WINNIPEG - Electricity is returning for many Winnipeg customers affected by an intense winter storm, but Manitoba Hydro says it can't even estimate how long it will be before power is restored to...

Oct 12, 2019

Final arguments begin in case of Quebec man charged in slaying of wife, stranger

ST-JEROME, Que. - Ugo Fredette had reached a breaking point the day two people including his ex-wife were killed, and his actions and decisions were fuelled by that break, his lawyer to...

Oct 12, 2019

Quebec will appeal court ruling that allowed cannabis plants to be grown at home

QUEBEC - The Quebec government is appealing a court decision last month that invalidated the parts of the province's cannabis law that prohibit home cultivation. Premier Francois Legault tol...

Oct 12, 2019

Syrian restaurant to reopen in Toronto days after closing over threats

TORONTO - A Syrian restaurant in downtown Toronto that closed after its owners said they received hate messages and death threats is set to reopen Friday following an outpouring of support f...

Oct 12, 2019

Pipeline politics loom large in final scheduled federal leaders' debate

OTTAWA - The political weight attached to whether and where to build pipelines in Canada came through clearly Thursday night in a French-language leaders' debate that also saw the leaders of the three...

Oct 12, 2019

Despite Ottawa's LRT woes, experts say don't judge right away

OTTAWA - The sleek red-and-white train sat beside a platform at the western end of Ottawa's new light rail line on Friday morning, shadowed from the autumn sun as riders walked aboard. And then the tr...

Oct 12, 2019