Canada

Conservatives promise to boost federal contribution to RESP to 30 per cent

WINNIPEG - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Tuesday he wants to help parents save up to send their children to college or university by increasing the amount of money the fed...

Sep 17, 2019

NDP's Singh seeks urban support with housing billions, avoids deficit questions

OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh continued his push to win progressive votes on Tuesday by promising an NDP government would invest billions of dollars in affordable housing to help Canadians struggling to make...

Sep 17, 2019

Review board hears mass killer doing well, should have unsupervised outings

EDMONTON - A psychiatrist in charge of treating an Alberta man who stabbed and killed five young people at a Calgary house party says the patient's risk of re-offending is low...

Sep 17, 2019

Families launch claims against N.L. government over deaths in custody

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The families of two inmates who died in Newfoundland jails have filed lawsuits claiming that negligence by the province exacerbated their loved ones' mental health co...

Sep 17, 2019

Time ticking down for expat voters, chief electoral officer says

OTTAWA - Voters living outside of Canada should register soon to ensure they can participate in the coming federal election, says Canada's chief electoral officer. Expat voters' applications must...

Sep 17, 2019

Nova Scotia's annual pumpkin regatta sunk by extreme weather, lack of gourds

WINDSOR, N.S. - Nova Scotia's annual Pumpkin Regatta has been cancelled following a disastrous season in the pumpkin patch. The race across Lake Pesaquid in Windsor, N.S., features padd...

Sep 17, 2019

Nurse's battle over fine for Facebook comments before Saskatchewan Appeal Court

REGINA - The lawyer for a Saskatchewan nurse who was disciplined for criticizing her grandfather's care on Facebook says the decision to punish her was based on numerous legal errors. Caroly...

Sep 17, 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 fo...

Sep 17, 2019

RCMP commissioner to answer questions about arrested intelligence director

OTTAWA - Top Mountie Brenda Lucki is to address the case of the RCMP employee charged with trying to disclose secret information today. The force's commissioner is giving a news conference at the forc...

Sep 17, 2019

Federal party leaders address gun violence after weekend shooting near Toronto

OTTAWA - What police were calling an "ambush-style" shooting in the Toronto area that left one teenager dead and five other people injured saw federal party leaders swiftly move to offer con...

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