Canada

The Latest: First debate night of the campaign, minus the Liberal leader

OTTAWA - The latest developments as federal party leaders take part in the first debate of the campaign (all times Eastern): 7 p.m. The three leaders taking part in tonight's election campaign debate ...

Sep 12, 2019

Green party's Pierre Nantel calls for Quebec independence 'as fast as possible'

MONTREAL - A prominent federal Green party candidate told an internet radio show Tuesday he wants Quebec to separate from Canada as soon as possible. Pierre Nantel, who won his riding south ...

Sep 12, 2019

Young moose crashes through the front door of a B.C. school board office

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - A moose that may have had a yearning for learning smashed its way into the Peace River North School District office in Fort St. John, B.C. Jarrod Bell, a director of instruction ...

Sep 12, 2019

Construction of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion still faces hurdles

VANCOUVER - Barbara Gard calls her three-hectare property, nestled below the forested peak of Sumas Mountain, a "miniature Stanley Park." Its lush trees and flowing creek reminded her of Vancouver's m...

Sep 12, 2019

U.S. farmers' group says pharma, not dairy, is main obstacle to ratifying USMCA

OTTAWA - A leading U.S. farmers' organization says it wants the new North American trade agreement renegotiated to fix a major flaw - one that has nothing do with Canada's much-attacked supply-managem...

Sep 12, 2019

100-foot wave recorded off the coast of Newfoundland during Dorian

Hurricane Dorian blazed a trail of destruction from the Bahamas to the Maritimes, but it didn't just cause turmoil on land, according to a team at Memorial University who say they recorded a...

Sep 12, 2019

Dorian damage worse than first thought in Nova Scotia's famed Annapolis Valley

HALIFAX - Closer inspections of the ripening apple crop in Nova Scotia's fertile Annapolis Valley have revealed the damage caused by post-tropical storm Dorian was worse than first thought. ...

Sep 12, 2019

'Alternative measures' pursued in B.C. mayor's sexual assault case: defence

PORT MOODY, B.C. - A sexual assault case involving the mayor of Port Moody, B.C., will return to court on Nov. 13, but the politician's lawyer says "alternative measures" are being pursued t...

Sep 12, 2019

The politics of abortion: why the parties are talking about it in the campaign

OTTAWA - The abortion issue has been getting renewed attention ahead of the October election, which could be one way the political conversation in the United States is flowing across the border -...

Sep 12, 2019

Ex-hostage Boyle says he hit wife with broom only because she asked him

OTTAWA - Joshua Boyle acknowledges hitting his wife Caitlan Coleman with a broom after they were freed from overseas captivity, but says he did it only because she asked to be spanked. Under cross-exa...

Sep 12, 2019