Canada

Plastics forks at Trudeau lunch a sign of hypocrisy: Conservatives

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a hypocrite over plastic cutlery that was available at a lunch meeting he held with youth activists in his Montreal riding....

Jun 25, 2019

Iraqi Kurds invite Canada to help train, equip peshmerga after being frozen out

OTTAWA - Canada is being invited to once again provide training to Iraq's Kurdish security forces, who worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Canadian soldiers in the war against the Islamic State group bef...

Jun 25, 2019

Vancouver police ask for help over theft of high-end snake chairs

VANCOUVER - A pair of unusual armchairs valued at about $40,000 each were taken from a high-end furniture store and Vancouver police are asking for the public's help in finding them. Police say t...

Jun 25, 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 25, 2019

Crowds gather as massive Pride parade takes over downtown Toronto

Toronto was abuzz on Sunday as a colourful crowd lined downtown streets to celebrate all things LGBTQ at the city's annual Pride parade. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who marched in the par...

Jun 25, 2019

Fertility doc used own sperm to inseminate patients: medical regulator

TORONTO - Ontario's medical regulator says a fertility doctor used his own sperm to inseminate several patients as well as the wrong sperm with several others, finding that he committed professional m...

Jun 25, 2019

'Wasn't on the radar:' Parents accused in son's death unaware he had meningitis

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The father of a toddler who died of bacterial meningitis says he and his wife didn't realize their son had contracted the potentially deadly disease. David Stephan told a court in ...

Jun 25, 2019

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

MONTREAL - The Canadian Space Agency says 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 49-...

Jun 25, 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 25, 2019

Saskatchewan says Supreme Court could hear carbon tax challenge in December

REGINA - The Saskatchewan governments says its carbon tax challenge could be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada before year's end. The province says it has been notified that the reference case ...

Jun 25, 2019