Canada

Liberals push end of Mali peacekeeping mission to August

OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces' peacekeeping mission in Mali is going to last a little longer than previously planned - but not as long as the United Nations hoped. Canada's operations in the African na...

Jun 14, 2019

Fans eager to secure Toronto Raptors gear to commemorate historic win

TORONTO - Fans basking in the glory of the Toronto Raptors' historic NBA championship win are lining up to get their hands on team merchandise. People waited to get into several stores ...

Jun 14, 2019

Quebec Premier apologizes to agronomist who blew whistle on pesticide study

Quebec Premier Francois Legault today apologized to a whistleblower who was fired after going public with concerns about the pesticide industry's influence on public research. Legault s...

Jun 14, 2019

Senate Arctic committee calls recommendations in report a 'wake-up call'

OTTAWA - We the North? Canada's Senate is skeptical. The marketing slogan for Toronto's NBA team may be everywhere these days. But for Sen. Dennis Patterson, who helped write a new report on the Arcti...

Jun 14, 2019

'We're deeply sorry:' Husky fined $3.8M for leak into North Saskatchewan River

LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. - Husky Energy was fined $3.8 million Wednesday for a pipeline oil leak that fouled a major river, harmed fish and wildlife and tainted the ...

Jun 14, 2019

MPs face summer recall for new NAFTA approval if no U.S. progress next week

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is prepared to recall Parliament this summer to ratify the new North American trade agreement, The Canadian Press has learned. As much as the government wants to move "...

Jun 14, 2019

Expert panel recommends single-payer, universal pharmacare plan

OTTAWA - Canada's governments have to work together to transform, rather than tinker with, a patchwork of prescription-drug plans to create a public plan for every Canadian, says the ch...

Jun 14, 2019

Quebec government to invoke closure on controversial secularism, immigration bills

MONTREAL - The Quebec government will invoke closure in order to force through controversial bills on secularism and immigration that it says must be adopted before the summer break. Th...

Jun 14, 2019

Trio of Canadian RADARSAT Constellation satellites launched and deployed

MONTREAL - Three Canadian satellites representing the next generation of Earth-observation technology have been successfully deployed after being launched into orbit today abo...

Jun 14, 2019

Raptors president Masai Ujiri accused of assaulting sheriff's deputy in Oakland

OAKLAND, Calif. - The local sheriff's office in Oakland, Calif., alleges Raptors president Masai Ujiri assaulted a sheriff's deputy moments after Toronto secured first NBA title. T...

Jun 14, 2019