Canada

N.L. Tory Leader boots candidate opposed to abortion and gay marriage

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Ches Crosbie, the leader of Newfoundland and Labrador's Progressive Conservative party, says a candidate opposed to legal abortion and same-sex marriage will not be in the Tory cauc...

May 10, 2019

Gerard Bouchard declares opposition to Quebec's 'radical' secularism bill

QUEBEC - A second prominent intellectual has told the Quebec government it is going down the wrong path with its secularism bill, saying there is no compelling reason to lump teach...

May 10, 2019

Blood-donor deferral period for men who have sex with men cut to three months

OTTAWA - Men who have had sex with men will be able to give blood after a deferral period of three months, down from a year, Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor said Wednesday. The decis...

May 10, 2019

Family of murdered Toronto physician 'destroyed,' court hears

TORONTO - Ana Fric says she would have given up on life after her daughter's brutal murder but her three young grandchildren give her a reason to live. Elana Fric Shamji was killed by her hu...

May 10, 2019

Ottawa announces $4.5-million in funding for three palliative care projects

MONCTON, N.B. - Three organizations that focus on palliative care will receive $4.5 million in funding from Ottawa. Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor announced the funding for three proj...

May 10, 2019

Family, strangers bid adieu to 7-year-old girl: 'A lot of outrage and pain'

GRANBY, Que. - A seven-year-old girl whose death has become a rallying cry for change to Quebec's youth protection system was laid to rest Thursday at a funeral attended by hundreds of mourn...

May 10, 2019

Migrant detainees have right to plead for freedom before judges, Supreme Court

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court says a Pakistani man being held in immigration detention had the right to challenge his imprisonment in person before a judge. Although Tusif Ur Rehman Chhina was deported t...

May 10, 2019

Five taken to hospital after plane, fuel truck collide at Pearson airport

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - A spokesperson for Jazz Aviation says five people were taken to hospital after a fuel truck collided with a plane on the tarmac at Toronto Pearson airport this morning. D...

May 10, 2019

US hikes tariffs on Chinese goods, Beijing vows retaliation

BEIJING - President Donald Trump's latest tariff hike on Chinese goods took effect Friday and Beijing said it would retaliate, escalating a battle over China's technology ambitions and other trade ten...

May 10, 2019

Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan arrives in Canada: lawyer

OTTAWA - Conservatives in Canada want the federal government and the international community to push Pakistan to address its "abhorrent misuse of blasphemy laws" after the safe arrival ...

May 10, 2019