Canada

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's chief of staff resigns

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford's chief of staff resigned Friday night after a string of controversies in the government's first year that culminated in the premier rescinding ...

Jun 23, 2019

David Saint-Jacques faces long recovery after return to Earth, doctor says

MONTREAL - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques will return to Earth on Monday following a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Raffi Kuyumjian, the doctor for the Canadian Spac...

Jun 23, 2019

Crowds gather as massive Pride parade set to take over downtown Toronto

Toronto's gay village is buzzing this afternoon just ahead of the start of the city's massive Pride parade, with crowds wearing all colours and waving rainbow flags lining the downtown parad...

Jun 23, 2019

Renata Ford, widow of Rob Ford, runs to be MP for Bernier's 'People's party'

Toronto voters will have a chance this fall to vote for another Ford. Renata Ford - the widow of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, sister-in-law to Ontario's premier, daughter-in-law to a former Ont...

Jun 23, 2019

Iraqi Kurds ask Canada for military training, equipment after being frozen out

OTTAWA - A senior representative for Iraq's Kurdistan region is inviting Canada to once again provide training and equipment to Kurdish security forces, who worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Canadian s...

Jun 23, 2019

Artists, politicians reflect on reconciliation as cedar poles unveiled in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Musqueam artist William Dan says a welcome figure he carved from centuries-old cedar represents a homecoming for him, after a childhood lost to residential school and decades spent aw...

Jun 23, 2019

Danforth shooter had long history of violent thoughts, motive unclear:police

TORONTO - A man who went on a shooting rampage in Toronto's Greektown last summer had a fascination with death and violence, a long history of mental-health issues and re...

Jun 23, 2019

"Other people's skin:" Inuit sue government over medical experiments

Five Inuit have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over medical experiments, including skin grafts, that they say were performed on them without their consent. A statement of claim fi...

Jun 23, 2019

Canada and U.S. agree to expand preclearance options for travellers, goods

OTTAWA - A new agreement between Canada and the United States will soon allow travellers and cargo to pre-clear customs before they leave, allowing an easier movement of people and goods crossing...

Jun 23, 2019

PBO sets budget baseline for campaign vows with tools, deficit projections

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog is predicting years of deficits deeper than the government has laid out. The numbers are in a report the parliamentary budget office says sh...

Jun 23, 2019