Canada

'Unacceptable': Comments from party leaders, candidates on Trudeau in blackface

OTTAWA - Images of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in blackface produced widespread reaction to the images themselves, and on the issue of race and racism in Canada. Here is some of what was said by pol...

Sep 19, 2019

Indigenous candidates 'hurt,' 'frustrated' by Trudeau blackface photos

VANCOUVER - Indigenous candidates from multiple parties say they felt shock, pain and frustration when they saw newly surfaced photos of Justin Trudeau made up in brownface and blackface. Candida...

Sep 19, 2019

B.C. won't use court ruling as tactic in pipeline battle: environment minister

VANCOUVER - Environment Minister George Heyman says British Columbia can't stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project but will use a court-ordered review of its environmental assessment certif...

Sep 19, 2019

Residents in Trudeau's Montreal riding unfazed by blackface scandal

MONTREAL - Residents in Justin Trudeau's home riding expressed support for the Liberal leader on Thursday as he dealt with the fallout of old photos showing him in skin-darkening makeup. In Montr...

Sep 19, 2019

Some facts on West Point Grey academy, where Justin Trudeau once was a teacher

VANCOUVER - Here's a look at West Point Grey Academy, the school in Vancouver where Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau taught and was photographed as a 29-year-old wearing dark paint on his hands...

Sep 19, 2019

Review board hears mass killer takes medication, should have trips into Edmonton

EDMONTON - A review panel has reserved its decision on what privileges it may allow a man found not criminally responsible for killing five young people at a Calgary house party while suffering s...

Sep 19, 2019

Even the sparrows: Extensive new study finds three-billion-bird decline

An extensive study of hundreds of bird species across decades worth of data has for the first time estimated how badly numbers of even the most common birds have shrunk. The paper, published Thursday ...

Sep 19, 2019

Naked B.C. man who jumped in Toronto shark tank pleads guilty to mischief

TORONTO - A British Columbia man accused of stripping naked and jumping into a shark tank at a Toronto aquarium has pleaded guilty to mischief. David Weaver, of Nelson, B.C., was arrested an...

Sep 19, 2019

Freedom of expression or personal attack? Nurse appeals fine for Facebook post

REGINA - Saskatchewan's highest court is to decide what's next for a registered nurse who was fined $26,000 for criticizing her grandfather's care on Facebook. Carolyn Strom from Prince Albe...

Sep 19, 2019

Four Mounties sue attorney general over 2014 Moncton shootings

MONCTON, N.B. - Four RCMP officers who responded to the 2014 shootings in Moncton, N.B., that claimed the lives of three of their colleagues are suing the attorney general of Canada for negl...

Sep 19, 2019