Canada

Pay-worker retention deal expires, renewing concerns about Phoenix backlog

OTTAWA - The lapse of an agreement that gave retention bonuses to federal pay centre employees could halt - or even reverse - progress that's been made in reducing a massive backlog of pay problems ge...

Jul 06, 2019

In the news today, July 4

Five stories in the news for Thursday, July 4 --- 'NAIVE' CANADA SHOULDN'T BELIEVE TRUMP: CHINA The Chinese government is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of being naive in assuming th...

Jul 06, 2019

'Everybody's baby:' Police, family reflect on disappearance of Tamra Keepness

REGINA - Retired police corporal Jim Pratt remembers standing on a road on the outskirts of Regina as a team of searchers walked through a yellow canola field. They were looking fo...

Jul 06, 2019

Federal review flags concerns in efforts to protect right whales in Canada

OTTAWA - Federal officials are considering expanding speed-restriction and no-fishing zones in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after six deaths of North Atlantic right whales in the ...

Jul 06, 2019

Three endangered North Atlantic right whales found entangled in ropes

More endangered North Atlantic right whales are in trouble in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says three whales have been found entangled in ropes in re...

Jul 05, 2019

Endangered southern resident killer whales spotted with baby off B.C. coast

VANCOUVER - Researchers with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans are cheering after spotting all three pods that make up the endangered southern resident killer whale population. The department sai...

Jul 05, 2019

Alberta First Nation basketball players to hit court despite referee dispute

CALGARY - Young basketball players from a southern Alberta First Nation will be able to play in a tournament this week despite a dispute with a Calgary referee group. Truman...

Jul 05, 2019

Quebec LGBTQ activist Laurent McCutcheon dies after long cancer battle

MONTREAL - Laurent McCutcheon, a leading figure in the fight for LGBTQ rights in Quebec, died Thursday after receiving medical assistance in dying, his spouse said on Friday. McCutcheon had battled ca...

Jul 05, 2019

System failed slain Quebec girl, youth protection internal probe finds

MONTREAL - The system as a whole - not one person or service - is to blame for lapses in the case of a slain seven-year-old Quebec girl who'd been followed by youth protection, according to an interna...

Jul 05, 2019

Quebec sweetens pot in effort to get more immigrants to learn French

MONTREAL - Quebec announced tens of millions of new dollars Friday aimed at getting more newcomers to learn French. One of the Coalition Avenir Quebec's main pitches to get elected last fall ...

Jul 05, 2019