Canada

More women, few minorities: Docs show results of Liberal patronage overhaul

OTTAWA - The Liberal government's overhaul of the patronage system has led to gender parity in government appointments, but new figures show few of those women are in leadership posts and visible mino...

May 22, 2019

Survey finds minimal progress in military's fight against sexual misconduct

OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada survey of military personnel suggests the Canadian Forces has made minimal progress in eradicating serious sexual misconduct from the ranks despite years of effort. Ac...

May 22, 2019

Cher's Winnipeg concert scrubbed at last minute due to sudden short-term illness

WINNIPEG - About 10,000 Cher fans in Winnipeg went home disappointed Tuesday night after being told that a concert by the pop diva at Bell MTS Place had been postponed. Cher, who is 73,...

May 22, 2019

Crackdown on money laundering does not include federal public inquiry: minister

VICTORIA - The federal minister in charge of Canada's fight against money laundering supports British Columbia's public inquiry into dirty money but says a national examination is not necessary. ...

May 22, 2019

Duterte moves to forcibly send garbage back to Canada, spokesman says

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine president's spokesman says the exasperated leader has moved to have truckloads of garbage that Filipino officials say were illegally shipped to the Philippines yea...

May 22, 2019

Federal government to buy two more Arctic ships from Irving to prevent layoffs

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce Wednesday that the federal government is buying two more Arctic patrol ships on the top of the six it has already ordered from Halifax-ba...

May 22, 2019

Trudeau's action plan on climate change brings B.C. politician out of retirement

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Justin Trudeau and the Liberal party's action plan on climate change has brought one former British Columbia politician out of retirement and back into the arena. At his nominati...

May 22, 2019

In the news today, May 22

Four stories in the news for Wednesday, May 22 --- NATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING INQUIRY NOT NECESSARY: BLAIR The federal minister in charge of Canada's fight against money laundering says dirty mone...

May 22, 2019

Vancouver Aquarium files civil claim suing city and park board over cetacean ban

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Aquarium is suing the city and park board over the 2017 cetacean ban for breach of contract and claiming it lost millions of dollars in revenue. In May 2017 the Vancouve...

May 21, 2019

'More like Rick Mercer': Canada eyes Ukraine's actor-turned-president

OTTAWA - Veteran Ukraine lawmaker Mustafa Jemilev used to be an opponent of the comedian who was elected the country's president last month. But Jemilev tells The Canadian Pre...

May 21, 2019