Canada

'Right thing for a premier to do:' Saskatchewan's Moe reflects on Pride parade

REGINA - Before Scott Moe participated in his first Pride parade earlier this year, the Saskatchewan premier ran it past his young adult daughter. Moe says he takes advice in a big way from ...

Dec 27, 2019

No injuries in B.C. train derailment, environmental crews assessing impacts: CN

VALEMOUNT, B.C. - Canadian National says crews responded to a train derailment in eastern British Columbia on Thursday. The railway company said early reports suggest 26 railcars derailed along the tr...

Dec 26, 2019

Brisk early sales of weed edibles at Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. outlet

HALIFAX - Stocking stuffers with a kick moved briskly off the shelves at Nova Scotia's government-operated cannabis shops and at other Canadian vendors that managed to bring in a supply...

Dec 26, 2019

Orwellian: Journalist group protests Alberta war room's use of term 'reporters'

EDMONTON - Staff in the Alberta government's so-called war room should stop calling themselves reporters, says the president of the Canadian Association of Journalists. "Don't pretend that you're...

Dec 26, 2019

Canadian man to remain in Dubai prison after appeal partially rejected

MONTREAL - The son of a Canadian geologist jailed in Dubai after allegedly uncovering fraud in a gold company says the only way his father will get out of prison is if the Canadian government ste...

Dec 26, 2019

Feds, Alberta set to clash over cash for new rent supplement

OTTAWA - Alberta is pushing back against the Trudeau Liberals' expectation that provinces and territories pick up half the cost of a new rent supplement, asking instead to substitute federal fund...

Dec 26, 2019

Stand-alone northern minister says Arctic issues too many for him to stand alone

Canada's first stand-alone minister of northern affairs says he'll be doing anything but standing alone. "The way I look at it, my ministry is responsible for all of those issues - environment, transp...

Dec 26, 2019

Feds hurried to spend $50M social-finance cash, documents show

OTTAWA - Internal government documents show that federal officials moved quickly before the fall election campaign to dole out $50 million aimed at transforming the delivery of social services. T...

Dec 26, 2019

Company seeks injunction: Co-op, union in court over pickets at Regina refinery

REGINA - A nearly three-week labour dispute between a Saskatchewan petroleum refinery and hundreds of its workers moved from the picket line into the courtroom Monday, with the company seeking an inju...

Dec 25, 2019

Montreal police say man killed partner in alleged murder-suicide

MONTREAL - Police say a 60-year-old man shot his partner before killing himself in a downtown Montreal apartment on Christmas morning. Const. Caroline Chevrefils says the 48-year-old woman died i...

Dec 25, 2019