Canada

Quebec delays sprinkler requirement for private seniors' homes to 2022

QUEBEC - The Quebec government is giving owners of privately owned retirement homes an extra two years to retrofit their residences with sprinkler systems. Such systems were made mandatory four y...

Jul 12, 2019

Ottawa MP who endorsed husband for city council broke conflict code: ethics czar

OTTAWA - An Ottawa member of Parliament violated conflict-of-interest rules when she asked voters to elect her husband to Ottawa city council last year, says Canada's ethics watchdog. But he foun...

Jul 12, 2019

Dozens ill from carbon monoxide out of hospital as leak at hotel investigated

WINNIPEG - Insufficient ventilation is the suspected cause of a carbon monoxide build-up that forced the evacuation of a Winnipeg hotel this week and sent 46 guests and staff to hospital. "I...

Jul 12, 2019

Tories ask CSIS to probe ex-ambassador's comments about advice to China

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs want Canada's intelligence agency to probe whether a former Canadian ambassador is encouraging China to interfere in the upcoming federal election. John McCallum,&n...

Jul 12, 2019

Tories, NDP accuse Liberals of mismanaging military, ruining officers' careers

OTTAWA - Federal opposition parties are accusing the Trudeau government of creating an unprecedented crisis inside the Canadian Armed Forces even as some have started to question the leadership of Can...

Jul 12, 2019

Timeline: The wrongful murder conviction of Glen Assoun of Halifax

HALIFAX - Nov. 12, 1995: Brenda Way - known as "Pitt Bull" - was murdered and her body left in a parking lot behind a Dartmouth apartment building sometime in the early morning hours. G...

Jul 12, 2019

NATO and European leaders to visit Canada for meetings with Trudeau

OTTAWA - The head of NATO and the two top European Union leaders are visiting Canada next week, the Prime Minister's Office says. First, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NATO Secretary-General J...

Jul 12, 2019

Conservatives far ahead of other parties in picking candidates for fall election

OTTAWA - Hoping to take power away from the Liberals in this fall's election, the Conservatives are well ahead of the governing party in nominating candidates hoping to win seats in the House of Commo...

Jul 12, 2019

Panellists quit corporate responsibility panel citing 'erosion of trust'

OTTAWA - Citing an erosion of trust, civil society and labour representatives have resigned from a panel set up to advise the federal government on ensuring Canadian firms operating abroad are account...

Jul 12, 2019

Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques enjoying 'renewed love for life on Earth'

LONGUEUIL, Que. - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques says returning to normal life after his six-month stint aboard the International Space Station feels anything but mundane. In his fir...

Jul 12, 2019