Canada

A quick look at a some of the new appointees to the Order of Canada

OTTAWA - On Thursday, Rideau Hall unveiled a list of 83 new appointees to the Order of Canada. Here are short profiles of a few who are being given one of the country's highest honours....

Jun 27, 2019

New Ukraine president, and former actor, to meet Trudeau in Toronto

OTTAWA - Ukraine's new president will visit Toronto next week for a major international conference on his country's future that Canada is hosting, and where he will meet Prime Minister ...

Jun 27, 2019

'He's my son: Accused mother cries at trial over boy who died of meningitis

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The mother of a toddler who died of bacterial meningitis broke down several times Tuesday as she testified at her trial that she is still haunted by her boy's death. Coll...

Jun 27, 2019

David Saint-Jacques doing well after space flight: Canadian Space Agency

MONTREAL - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is doing well as he continues his long journey home after a six-month stint aboard the International Space Station, the Canadian Space Agency sai...

Jun 27, 2019

Ottawa sets up secretariat to root out racism in federal institutions, programs

OTTAWA - The federal government is setting up a secretariat to root out systemic racism and discrimination within federal institutions, programs and services. The secretariat is part of a $45-million ...

Jun 27, 2019

Canada urged to take international legal action on Rohingya genocide

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is facing mounting pressure from across the country to take more international action to hold Myanmar to account for the genocide of the Rohingya people. Thirty-fo...

Jun 27, 2019

Licence revoked for doc who used own sperm to artificially inseminate patients

TORONTO - An Ottawa fertility doctor who used his own sperm as well as that of the wrong donors to artificially inseminate several women caused "irreparable damage" that will span gener...

Jun 27, 2019

Feds sign historic self-government agreements with three Metis nations

OTTAWA - The federal government has signed historic self-government agreements with the Metis nations of Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan. The agreements affirm the Metis right of self-government and...

Jun 27, 2019

Expert says feds should have acted more quickly on right whale migration

FREDERICTON - A whale expert says Canadian officials did not respond quickly enough to this year's migration of North Atlantic right whales and now five of the endangered animals have been found ...

Jun 27, 2019

Saskatchewan says Supreme Court could hear carbon tax challenge in December

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says its arguments against the federal carbon tax could be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada before the end of the year, but after the federal electio...

Jun 27, 2019