Canada

Joshua Boyle's lawyers want charge of misleading police thrown out

OTTAWA - Lawyers for former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle want a judge to toss out a charge that he misled police - one of several criminal counts he faces in Ontario court. Boyle, 36, has ple...

Sep 05, 2019

Calls for right whale protections ahead of eastern premiers, governors meeting

Massachusetts' attorney general is calling for political leaders in eastern North America to commit to stronger protections of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. Maura Healey addressed...

Sep 05, 2019

Big spender: Alberta panel says savings to be found in health, education changes

CALGARY - A panel looking into Alberta's finances says the province habitually overspends on its services and needs to get tough on schools, have university students pay more and force ...

Sep 05, 2019

China uses arbitrary detentions as 'tool' to achieve 'political goals': Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says China uses arbitrary detentions as a tool to achieve its international and domestic political goals. He brands that as a pressure tactic that is worrying no...

Sep 05, 2019

Ontario woman among Hurricane Dorian victims in the Bahamas

The family of a woman from Windsor, Ont., says she has died in the Bahamas as a result of Hurricane Dorian. A GoFundMe page has been set up to raise money to bring the body of Alishia Sabrina Lio...

Sep 05, 2019

Quebec woman waiting for news of her parents trapped in Bahamas during hurricane

MONTREAL - An Ottawa couple and their friends remained unaccounted for on Tuesday after being trapped in a northern Bahamas home Sunday when Hurricane Dorian battered the...

Sep 05, 2019

Environment champions want voters to make climate their main priority this fall

OTTAWA - Two leading Canadian activists say voters need to think about climate change as if we are a country at war against greenhouse-gas emissions. "There's never been a moment quite like this ...

Sep 05, 2019

NDP denies reports of New Brunswick defections

OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats say it's not true that 14 former provincial NDP candidates in New Brunswick switched their political allegiance to the Green party this week. A party ...

Sep 05, 2019

British government denies reports that a child-murderer will be sent to Canada

A media report that Britain is considering sending a child-murderer to Canada is false, the British Justice Ministry said Tuesday. The news coverage prompted Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to tweet...

Sep 05, 2019

Hurricane Dorian projected to hit with force in parts of Atlantic Canada

HALIFAX - As the effects of Hurricane Dorian are being felt along the U.S. southeast coast, Canadian forecasters say the storm system is expected to severely impact parts of the Atlantic province...

Sep 05, 2019