Canada

Conservatives still working on candidate harassment policy promised this year

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are still working on an anti-harassment policy that would apply to candidates in the coming election campaign. The party promised a code of conduct for its candidate...

Sep 06, 2019

Trade tribunal investigating allegation of bias in search for third shipyard

OTTAWA - A trade tribunal has agreed to investigate the federal government's plan to add a third shipyard to its multibillion-dollar shipbuilding strategy following allegations the process is rigged i...

Sep 06, 2019

Trial begins for Montreal man charged with fatal stabbing of unborn child

MONTREAL - A Montreal man charged with fatally stabbing his unborn baby had been fighting with his pregnant wife the evening prior to the attack, a jury trial heard Wednesday. Sofiane Ghazi,...

Sep 06, 2019

Canada pushes China at WTO on canola as Beijing bristles over Trudeau criticism

OTTAWA - Canada has requested a formal meeting with China at the World Trade Organization to resolve a Chinese ban on Canadian canola shipments. International Trade Minister Jim Carr announced Friday ...

Sep 06, 2019

New water plant for First Nation under boil water advisories for 22 years

SHOAL LAKE, Ont. - A First Nation on the Manitoba-Ontario boundary is closer to getting safe drinking water. Government officials are at Shoal Lake 40 to celebrate the start of construc...

Sep 06, 2019

Paperwork keeping us from helping veterans, case workers complain

OTTAWA - Case managers assigned to assist Canada's most severely disabled veterans say they are being forced to spend more of their time filling out paperwork than helping patients. The complaints are...

Sep 06, 2019

Ride hailing service coming to P.G.

PRINCE GEORGE - Ride-sharing company Uride has announced plans to operate in Prince George.Launched in Thunder Bay in 2017, Uride's Founder and CEO Cody Roberto says his company is on a mission to end...

Sep 06, 2019

Dalhousie apologizes for racist actions, views of university's founder

HALIFAX - Dalhousie University is apologizing to the African Nova Scotian community following the publication of a report examining the racist views of the school's founder and Nova Scotia's various c...

Sep 06, 2019

Investigators unable to determine cause of Halifax fire that killed seven children

HALIFAX - Nearly seven months after a devastating house fire claimed the lives of seven children, investigators in Halifax say they have been unable to determine the cause of the blaze. "Our fire...

Sep 06, 2019

Ousted candidate says Liberals knew about social media posts well before sacking him

MONTREAL - A federal Liberal candidate blocked from running in a Montreal riding last week over controversial social media posts said Wednesday the party was aware of the posts and had been ...

Sep 06, 2019