Canada

Global concern grows over Canada's funding of fight against AIDS, TB, malaria

OTTAWA - International concern is growing in medical and development circles that the Trudeau government is about to step back from its much-publicized global leadership on eradicating AIDS, tube...

Jul 15, 2019

NATO secretary general visits Canada for Trudeau meeting, base tour

OTTAWA - The secretary-general of NATO is in Canada today meeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Jens Stoltenberg will tour CFB Petawawa with Trudeau and discuss Canada's NATO deployments in Latv...

Jul 15, 2019

Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Naleyeh dies in Somalia extremist attack

At least 26 people have been killed in an extremist attack in Somalia including a prominent Somali-Canadian journalist and her husband. Mogadishu-based independent radio station Radio Dalsan conf...

Jul 14, 2019

'They're home:' Hike to see Banff bison a spiritual journey for group of women

BANFF, Alta. - Marie-Eve Marchand and Tanealle Shade stand on a grassy knoll in Alberta's Banff National Park hoping to catch a glimpse of the bison herd. As they look at a small warden's cabin, ...

Jul 14, 2019

'Revel The Heart' among slogans suggested for Manitoba's 150th birthday

WINNIPEG - Celebrations for Manitoba's 150th birthday next year were almost given the slogans "Revel The Heart" and "Love Your Manitoba, Explore Someone Else's." The two phrases were among t...

Jul 14, 2019

Loved ones of Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh mourn after terrorist attack

TORONTO - Family and friends of Hodan Nalayeh are remembering the Somali-Canadian journalist killed in a terrorist attack this week for her work redefining the global Somali identity through...

Jul 14, 2019

B.C. rock slide blocking salmon spawning prompts new fisheries restrictions

CLINTON, B.C. - A major rock slide in British Columbia's Fraser River has prompted new restrictions to recreational and First Nations fishing of chinook salmon, as officials scramble to prevent long-t...

Jul 14, 2019

Veterans activist gets OK to press $25K libel suit against Liberal minister

TORONTO - A noted veterans activist can proceed with his defamation suit against the former minister of veterans affairs after Ontario's top court ruled Friday that a deputy judge in small claims...

Jul 14, 2019

Officials warned China, India could use communities in Canada to advance agendas

OTTAWA - Some of the federal government's top bureaucrats have been warned about China and India trying to use their respective ethnic communities in Canada to advance their own agendas. The stark war...

Jul 14, 2019

Military looks to guard satellites from 'natural and artificial threats'

OTTAWA - Canadian satellites need to be protected from "natural and artificial threats" in space, says the federal government in a call for new ideas and technology to help. In a tender ...

Jul 14, 2019