Canada

Trudeau calls out Tory premiers for 'playing games' with national unity over C-69

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it is "absolutely irresponsible" for conservative premiers to threaten to tear Canada apart if the government doesn't accept all the Senate's amendments to ...

Jun 13, 2019

Opioid-related death count up to more than 11,500 nationally: government data

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says 11,577 people died from apparent-opioid-related overdoses between January 2016 and December 2018. It also says that new data reported as of May 15 show...

Jun 13, 2019

Strength in numbers: Alberta town wants all smokers to butt out for one day

COCHRANE, Alta. - There'll be no need for ashtrays in one Alberta town on the weekend if residents take up a retiring pharmacist's call for all smokers to butt out for 24 hours. Kelly Kimmett persuade...

Jun 13, 2019

'Love wins:' How a N.S. town collaborated to protect kidnapped women in Africa

AMHERST, N.S. - Simple signs with a pair of blue hearts capture a small town's sentiments over the rescue of two young Maritime women from kidnappers in Ghana. A sign on the main street...

Jun 13, 2019

Western Newfoundland's Bottomless Pond appears to have a bottom after all

DEER LAKE, N.L. - Something strange is happening along the shores of a small lake in western Newfoundland. The lake, known as Bottomless Pond, started to rise last spring and hasn'...

Jun 13, 2019

'Pretty consistent:' Study says animal abundance in seas drops as climate warms

Animal life in the world's oceans will drop steadily and consistently as the climate warms, a Canadian-led study suggests. "What we see is pretty consistent," said Derek Tittensor, a biologist at ...

Jun 13, 2019

After partisan bickering, House backs motion to end veterans homelessness

OTTAWA - The House of Commons has backed a backbench MP's bid to have the government work to end veterans homelessness after days of partisan bickering over the fate of the private motion. The mo...

Jun 13, 2019

UN says Canada's plan to rescue Wood Buffalo National Park not enough

The status of Canada's largest park as a world heritage site remains wobbly as a UN body has expressed grave doubts about a plan to rescue Wood Buffalo National Park. The park - with one of the world'...

Jun 13, 2019

Court of Appeal upholds Edmonton man's extradition to U.S. to face terrorism charges

EDMONTON - The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld an extradition order for a man facing terrorism charges in the United States. Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi, 34, has been charged in the U.S. with conspir...

Jun 13, 2019

Chief military judge tells court martial presiding judge was his 'confidant'

OTTAWA - Canada's chief military judge took the witness box during his own court martial on Tuesday, testifying about his personal and professional relationship with his deputy - who is also the presi...

Jun 13, 2019