Canada

Trudeau seeks to one-up Conservatives with plan on maternity, parental benefits

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau sought to one-up his Conservative rivals this morning by promising new parents won't pay any taxes at all on maternity and parental leave benefits. The Cons...

Sep 17, 2019

Gathering of support and reflection at UVic following fatal bus crash

VICTORIA - Students, faculty and staff at the University of Victoria were to gather for an hour of reflection and support Tuesday as they cope with the aftermath of last Friday's bus cr...

Sep 17, 2019

Children's advocates from across Canada releasing research on youth suicide

WINNIPEG - Children's advocates from across the country are to release research today on youth suicide. The Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates is calling on all levels of governme...

Sep 17, 2019

Fewer trees, higher costs blamed for devastating downturn in B.C. forestry

VANCOUVER - High log prices and dwindling timber supply are driving the crisis in British Columbia's forestry industry that has devastated communities and kneecapped the provincial economy, observers ...

Sep 17, 2019

Scheer would restore Harper's child fitness and arts tax credits Liberals axed

LAKE COUNTRY, B.C. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wants to revive two more of Stephen Harper's boutique tax credits axed by the Trudeau Liberals. Scheer was at a park in Kelowna, B.C., ...

Sep 16, 2019

Two students dead, several seriously injured in Vancouver Island bus rollover

Two University of Victoria students died and more than a dozen other people were injured Friday after a bus on its way to a marine research centre rolled over on a narrow gravel ro...

Sep 16, 2019

Liberals pledge $535 million a year for child care outside school hours

WATERLOO, Ont. - As the three main political parties continue courting votes from middle-class families, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau surrounded himself with children Monday and promis...

Sep 16, 2019

B.C. Green leader reduces workload after illness, full recovery expected

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Green party leader is reducing his work schedule while he recovers after recently being diagnosed with labyrinthitis. In a statement, Andrew Weaver says he ...

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Asylum claims dipped last month but numbers remain up over last year

OTTAWA - New statistics released Monday show a slight dip in the number of people intercepted at the Canada-U.S. border last month trying to cross unofficially to claim asylum. Last month, 1,762 ...

Sep 16, 2019

Two senior Canadian Forces members charged with sexual assaults

OTTAWA - Military police have laid sexual-assault charges against two senior members of the Canadian Armed Forces, including a lieutenant-colonel working as a reservist with the military's recruiting ...

Sep 16, 2019