Canada

Former imam turned federal Liberal candidate in Montreal hopes to build bridges

OTTAWA - A former imam whose sermon at the funeral of six worshippers murdered at a Quebec City mosque attracted international attention will run for the federal Liberals in a Montreal riding. Ha...

May 29, 2019

China's ambassador makes second trip to Nova Scotia, calls McNeil "great friend"

HALIFAX - China's ambassador to Canada called Stephen McNeil his "great friend" today before the diplomat met with the Nova Scotia premier and several members of his cabinet. Lu Shaye&n...

May 29, 2019

Juno Beach museum feeling financial pinch despite federal support

OTTAWA - Garth Webb was a 25-year-old lieutenant when he landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, one of thousands of Canadian soldiers to take part in the greatest amphibious landing in mil...

May 29, 2019

Wilson-Raybould and Philpott to run as Independents in fall election campaign

OTTAWA - Former Liberal cabinet ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott will run as Independents in the upcoming federal election, they declared Monday. The pair...

May 29, 2019

A chronology of Canada's participation in the 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy

OTTAWA - A short chronology of Canada's participation in the 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy: May 1943: Allies make final decision to invade. Initial invasion date May 1, 1944, then June 4, 1944. Summ...

May 29, 2019

Dispatches from Juno: How CP's war correspondents told the story of D-Day

OTTAWA - Dispatches from Ross Munro, William (Bill) Stewart and other war correspondents were how many Canadians in 1944 learned details of the June 6 D-Day landings and the fighting that followed. Th...

May 29, 2019

Hotline to help human trafficking victims, educate public launches across Canada

A national hotline to help victims and survivors of human trafficking is now taking calls, with the organization behind the service saying it hoped the new resource would also fill crucial gaps i...

May 29, 2019

In the news today, May 29

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, May 29 --- O'REGAN TO VISIT MERCURY-DAMAGED GRASSY NARROWS Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan is being urged to ensure a long-awaited visit to an ...

May 29, 2019

O'Regan urged to make Grassy Narrows visit 'more than a pre-campaign photo op'

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan is being urged to ensure a long-awaited visit to an Ontario First Nation is substantive and not a pre-election photo opportunity. O'Regan is set&nb...

May 29, 2019

B.C. man who scaled Everest says climb is not for 'faint of heart'

VANCOUVER - When Chris Dare stood on the roof of the world he had tears behind his goggles. The British Columbia man has climbed mountains on seven continents in less than 10 ...

May 29, 2019