Canada

Human rights ruling says Manitoba must offer gender-neutral birth certificates

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has been ordered to start offering non-binary sex designations on its birth certificates. A human rights adjudicator has also ordered the province to pay $50,00...

Nov 07, 2019

Bittersweet Conservative post-election gathering set for Ottawa Wednesday

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer knows more Latin than most. And at this week's first Conservative caucus meeting following the Oct. 21 election, many will be listening for ho...

Nov 07, 2019

Trudeau defends NATO as French president warns of alliance's 'brain death'

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending NATO after France's president suggested a lack of U.S. leadership is causing the 70-year-old military alliance's "brain death." Trudeau, who met Thu...

Nov 07, 2019

Alberta will study already 'compelling case' for its exit from CPP: Kenney

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says there's a "compelling case" to be made for his province to exit the half-century-old Canada Pension Plan - an idea sure to face inc...

Nov 07, 2019

Elections Canada recount in B.C. riding terminated at NDP candidate's request

PITT MEADOWS, B.C. - Elections Canada says a judicial recount of the Oct. 21 federal election results has ended in a British Columbia riding after the New Democrat challenger&...

Nov 07, 2019

Federal Court gives green light to action over alleged military pension delays

OTTAWA - A judge has certified a class-action lawsuit from former military reservists who say they endured lengthy waits for pension payments. It means that hundreds or possib...

Nov 07, 2019

Investigating cop testifies she heard Dafonte Miller scream about being beaten

OSHAWA, Ont. - The trial of two Toronto-area brothers accused of brutally beating a black teen nearly three years ago took a surprise turn Tuesday when an officer who responded to the incident recalle...

Nov 07, 2019

Uproar from students after Quebec restricts access to fast-track immigration

QUEBEC - In a rare show of solidarity, all of Quebec's opposition parties gathered Tuesday with a group of foreign students to denounce the government's latest immigration reforms, which they describe...

Nov 07, 2019

Liberal winners, losers gather in Ottawa after disappointing election result

OTTAWA - Re-elected, newly elected and defeated Liberal MPs are gathering on Parliament Hill to mull over the disappointing results of the Oct. 21 election and contemplate the best way forwa...

Nov 07, 2019

Small aircraft operators making 'gradual drift' toward unsafe flying, says TSB

OTTAWA - Small aircraft operators in Canada have fallen into a trap of accepting too many safety risks - and it has to stop before more people are killed or injured, the Transportation Safety Board wa...

Nov 07, 2019