Canada

Wife of jailed Saudi blogger hails U.S. vice-president's call for husband's release

MONTREAL - The wife of jailed Saudi dissident Raif Badawi says she is grateful U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence has called on Saudi Arabia to free her husband. Ensaf Haidar, who lives in Sherbrooke...

Jul 18, 2019

Scheer's pledge to review new Food Guide challenged by health community

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is facing criticism from nutrition experts today after he pledged to review the new Canada Food Guide should the Tories win power this fall. Scheer...

Jul 18, 2019

Defence calling no evidence in case of German tourist shot west of Calgary

CALGARY - The defence is calling no evidence on behalf of a youth accused of shooting a German tourist in the head on a highway west of Calgary last summer. The teen from the Stoney Nakoda First ...

Jul 18, 2019

Tensions high as Oka mayor demands consultation on return of land to Kanesatake

MONTREAL - Tensions are high in Oka, northwest of Montreal, over a developer's plan to return land to the Mohawks of Kanesatake. Hundreds packed a church Wednesday night in the community on the f...

Jul 18, 2019

Caregiver benefit for parents of ill children misunderstood, federal review says

OTTAWA - An evaluation of a federal benefit to help parents take time off work to care for critically ill children says fewer people have used it than expected because they didn't know about it o...

Jul 18, 2019

Cuts to Legal Aid Ontario will cause hearing delays: Immigration and Refugee Board

OTTAWA - Cuts to legal-aid funding imposed by the Doug Ford government in Ontario will lead to delays and other disruptions of refugee hearings, says the tribunal that adjudicates asylum claims in Can...

Jul 18, 2019

Three dead, four missing after float plane crashes in Labrador lake

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Four occupants of a downed float plane remained missing Tuesday after the aircraft crashed into a Labrador lake, killing three others on board. Jean Tremblay, preside...

Jul 18, 2019

Documents shed light on seniors poverty figures used by federal Liberals

OTTAWA - Internal government documents say that many of the 57,000 seniors the Liberals say they have helped lift out of poverty only moved above the poverty line when the government changed the measu...

Jul 18, 2019

Supreme Court won't hear WestJet appeal in harassment case

OTTAWA - WestJet Airlines has lost a legal bid to put an end to a proposed class-action harassment lawsuit. The Supreme Court of Canada refused today to hear WestJet's arguments&nb...

Jul 18, 2019

High court won't hear NDP expenses case over mailings, offices

OTTAWA - The federal NDP may have lost its final legal bid for judicial review of decisions by the House of Commons management body that left the party on the hook for as much as $2.7 millio...

Jul 18, 2019