Canada

With campaign looming, Trudeau makes $1.2B transit announcement in Quebec City

QUEBEC - For the second month in a row, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a billion-dollar funding announcement for public transit in Quebec, a province whose support he badly needs to maint...

Aug 21, 2019

Unrest in Hong Kong not spilling over to demands on Canadian consulate

OTTAWA - Canadians in Hong Kong are watching nervously as tensions escalate between pro-democracy protesters and police but so far, the Canadian consulate in the region is seeing no obvious signs...

Aug 21, 2019

Groups ready large get-out-the-vote campaign to keep youth turnout high

OTTAWA - A coalition of hundreds of groups and activists is working on what is being styled as the largest, non-partisan voter engagement campaign to get young voters to the polls in Oc...

Aug 21, 2019

Trudeau vows to stand firm against 'increasingly assertive' China

MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will seek dialogue with China but won't back down in its defence of Canadians against what he calls an increasingly assertive global powe...

Aug 21, 2019

NDP working to recruit candidates in New Brunswick where roster is bare

OTTAWA - A spokesperson for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh insists the party is working hard to recruit new candidates and get its message out to the people of New Brunswick. The comments come after fo...

Aug 21, 2019

Hotter, larger fires turning boreal forest into carbon source: research

Research suggests that bigger, hotter wildfires are turning Canada's vast boreal forest into a source of climate-changing greenhouse gases. Soil in the forest, which crosses six provinces and two...

Aug 21, 2019

'What our ancestors meant:' Canada, First Nations create new park reserve

LUTSEL K'E, N.W.T. - A deal on a vast new national park reserve in the North is being called a model for future relationships between First Nations and Canada. "This is what our ancestors meant w...

Aug 21, 2019

Politicians say elections law restricting partisan ads is 'absurd,' 'lunacy'

OTTAWA - The man whose position on climate change is at the centre of a controversy over partisan campaign rhetoric weighed in Monday, saying Elections Canada is stifling free speech if environmental ...

Aug 21, 2019

Canadian woman focusing on memories shared with slain fiance: New Zealand police

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A grieving Canadian woman is focusing on the memories she shared with her Australian fiance before he was murdered Friday in a seemingly random attack, police said Monda...

Aug 21, 2019

SNC-Lavalin controversy tails PM to Quebec, where affair has different impact

OTTAWA - Questions about the SNC-Lavalin affair Monday trailed Justin Trudeau to Quebec - the seat-rich province at the centre of the controversy, and a place&n...

Aug 21, 2019