Canada

'Friends of Science' thanks Elections Canada for warning on climate-change talk

OTTAWA - A Calgary organization that argues climate change is nothing close to a global emergency says Elections Canada is right to keep a close eye on campaign-period communications from th...

Sep 11, 2019

Tories turn to Bryan Adams' songwriter for election campaign theme

TORONTO - The Conservatives have turned to Bryan Adams' longtime hitmaker Jim Vallance to pen their campaign song. The guitar-driven tune is packed with Vallance's trademarked pop-rock zeal, as a chor...

Sep 11, 2019

Use of fake social media bots in Alberta election coming in federal vote: experts

EDMONTON - A federal report confirming the use of false social media posts to try to manipulate last spring's Alberta election points to dangers for the upcoming federal vote, political scie...

Sep 11, 2019

Ex-hostage Boyle demanded wife lose weight as means of control: prosecutor

OTTAWA - A Crown attorney has accused Joshua Boyle of dictating strict weight-loss targets for wife Caitlan Coleman after the couple were freed as hostages of Taliban-linked captors. Prosecutor J...

Sep 11, 2019

Quebec court invalidates portions of medical aid in dying laws as too restrictive

MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has invalidated parts of the federal and Quebec laws on medically assisted dying laws, declaring them too restrictive and therefore unconstitutional. A ...

Sep 11, 2019

'Staring at me:' Oldest known spider ancestor found in Burgess Shales

Alberta's famed Burgess Shales have yielded another ground-breaking fossil find - this time the oldest known ancestor of today's spiders and scorpions Two scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum...

Sep 11, 2019

Atlantic grids, forestry, coastlines need rethink in era of intense storms: experts

HALIFAX - In an era when storms with hurricane-force winds are expected to keep battering Atlantic Canada, experts say the region should make major changes to electrical grids, sho...

Sep 11, 2019

AFN outlines First Nations election priorities ahead of fall vote

OTTAWA - If Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wants the support of more Indigenous voters in the federal election, he should disavow the approach of his predecessor Stephen Harper, says Asse...

Sep 11, 2019

The Latest: Federal party leaders kick off election campaign

OTTAWA - The latest developments as federal party leaders officially kick off campaigning for the Oct. 21 election (all times Eastern):9:30 a.m.Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is taking aim at Justi...

Sep 11, 2019

The Latest: Federal party leaders kick off election campaign

OTTAWA - The latest developments as federal party leaders officially kick off campaigning for the Oct. 21 election (all times Eastern): 9:30 a.m. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is taking aim at Jus...

Sep 11, 2019