Canada

NDP's Singh says Canada needs a national cycling strategy

OTTAWA - NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is a well-known cycling enthusiast whose folding bike seems to travel almost everywhere he does. Singh now wants to bring his love for two-wheeled-transportation to C...

Jul 11, 2019

Falls are leading cause for seniors hospitalized due to injury: report

TORONTO - Falls appear to be the leading cause of injuries that land seniors in hospital, according to newly released data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information that has experts...

Jul 11, 2019

Bernie Sanders plans trip to Canada with group seeking cheaper insulin

TORONTO - American presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said on Thursday that he would soon be coming to Canada with a group of diabetics to buy cheaper insulin. The Vermont senator said in a tweet tha...

Jul 11, 2019

Victoria should have sought provincial approval before plastic bag ban: court

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top court has quashed a bylaw prohibiting single-use plastic bags in Victoria, saying the city failed to get the approval of the province's environment minister. The B.C....

Jul 11, 2019

Trudeau Liberals pledge $150M toward big-data cancer research initiative

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is moving forward with funding for a new cancer research network that aims to advance the science of individually customized cancer treatment. Federal Health Minis...

Jul 11, 2019

Controversial Chateau Laurier expansion not good enough, McKenna says

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna wants the owners of the Chateau Laurier to come up with another plan for an addition to the historic hotel even after Ottawa's city council approved the...

Jul 11, 2019

Military facing challenges as court-martial system remains in limbo

OTTAWA - Canadian military police and prosecutors are being forced to adapt as they wait for the Supreme Court to rule on whether the military-justice system is constitutional. That includes having to...

Jul 11, 2019

Big, old B.C. trees produce mutations over time that could improve success: UBC

VICTORIA - Researchers collected DNA from the tops of some of Canada's tallest trees to search for mutations that could provide evidence of how the ancient forest giants evolve to survi...

Jul 11, 2019

Multiple injuries aboard Air Canada flight after plane hits turbulence

MONTREAL - Nearly three dozen passengers sustained minor injuries Thursday when an Air Canada flight travelling from Toronto to Sydney, Australia, ran into severe turbulence, prompting an em...

Jul 11, 2019

Once driven near extinction, wild turkeys making themselves at home in Quebec

MONTREAL - They arrived a few years ago - three-foot tall, bare-headed visitors that would occasionally stare intently at residents from their balconies and yards. The wild turkeys fra...

Jul 11, 2019