Canada

Liberals to reject Senate changes to solitary confinement bill

OTTAWA - The Liberals are poised to reject a number of the Senate's amendments to a bill that aims to end solitary confinement - changes many lawyers and human rights advocates say are neces...

Jun 20, 2019

After McGill, Nova Scotia high school moves to drop Redmen team name

HALIFAX - A Cape Breton high school has decided to stop calling its hockey team the Redmen, the latest to drop the name after McGill University in Montreal did so earlier this year. Rivervie...

Jun 20, 2019

New study proves extinct hyenas reached North America via Bering land bridge

WHITEHORSE - Two teeth that were sitting in a Canadian museum for almost 50 years have become proof that ice-aged hyenas once roamed Yukon. A study published in the journal Open Quaternary says r...

Jun 20, 2019

Chief military judge's court martial in limbo after deputy recuses himself

OTTAWA - The court martial for Canada's chief military judge is in limbo after the judge overseeing the trial - who happens to be deputy to the accused - agreed not to hear the case over conflict-of-i...

Jun 20, 2019

Inhumane practice of carving fins off live sharks to become illegal in Canada

OTTAWA - Carving fins off live sharks and leaving them in the ocean to drown will be illegal in Canada as early as Friday. Importing shark fins that are no longer attached to a shark will al...

Jun 20, 2019

Hussen says he wants Canada to accept more refugees as economic immigrants

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says he would like to increase the number of refugees Canada accepts and is pushing for higher refugee numbers every year. Speaking to participants in a...

Jun 20, 2019

Lighthizer agrees to do whatever it takes to get new NAFTA passed

OTTAWA - Two days before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's arrival at the Oval Office, U.S. trade czar Robert Lighthizer has pledged to work with Democrats to do whatever it takes to ratify the new Nort...

Jun 20, 2019

Confusion, bickering cloud of Senate committee's planned Norman inquiry

OTTAWA - Confusion and partisan bickering are clouding a Senate committee's plan to conduct an inquiry into the suspension and failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Conservative Sen. Je...

Jun 20, 2019

Who should bear the financial risk of flooding? Report lays out three options

OTTAWA - The federal government could help mitigate the cost of flood damage by creating a "high-risk" insurance pool to help lift the burden off the public purse, says a report released Tuesday by th...

Jun 20, 2019

Pricey tours of decaying Titanic shipwreck delayed until June 2020

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Adventure tourists who paid $168,000 each to help survey the Titanic shipwreck off Newfoundland have been told their much-anticipated dives are being postponed. The U.S. compan...

Jun 20, 2019