Canada

Trudeau to raise abortion laws with Pence amid final push to ratify new NAFTA

OTTAWA - The spectre of abortion hangs over the home stretch of Canada's plans to finally ratify the new North American trade agreement after a tumultuous and at times bitter ...

May 31, 2019

Former U.S. president Barack Obama gives speech in Ottawa tonight

OTTAWA - Former U.S. president Barack Obama is set to give a speech and answer questions at an event in Canada's capital later tonight. The event, hosted by the think-tank Canada 2020, will be at...

May 31, 2019

We'll work with cities, even when provinces won't work with Ottawa: Trudeau

QUEBEC - Even with provinces and Ottawa not always seeing eye-to-eye these days, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged Friday that his federal Liberal government would keep working...

May 31, 2019

Saskatchewan takes federal carbon tax fight to Supreme Court of Canada

SASKATOON - The Saskatchewan government has filed notice that it is taking its challenge of the federal carbon tax to the Supreme Court of Canada. Justice Minister Don Morgan says ...

May 31, 2019

'Unusual mortality event' declared as grey whales appear on West Coast beaches

VANCOUVER - The American federal agency dedicated to ocean science has declared an "unusual mortality event" as the bodies of dozens of grey whales wash up on West Coast beaches in Cana...

May 31, 2019

Rival fighter-jet makers warn procurement rule change for F-35 will hurt Canada

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government's plan to loosen federal procurement rules for the F-35 stealth fighter is sparking public warnings from other fighter-jet makers that it will ultimately hurt Canada. T...

May 31, 2019

Defence lawyer says anti-Semitic attack at Winnipeg cafe was not a hoax

WINNIPEG - A lawyer for one of three family members accused of fabricating an anti-Semitic attack at their cafe says his client firmly denies any suggestion it was staged. "We...

May 31, 2019

Experts call for ban on waste exports after Philippine garbage embarrassment

OTTAWA - One of Canada's foremost experts on the garbage industry says the only way to stop Canadian trash from ending up in foreign ports and landfills is for Canada to ban waste exports altoget...

May 31, 2019

Life sentence appeal by Halifax mall plotter rejected by Nova Scotia court

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's top court has rejected the appeal of the life sentence given to an American woman who plotted a Valentine's Day shooting spree at a Halifax mall in 2015. In a written...

May 31, 2019

No icebreakers in federal government's $15.6B plan for new coast-guard ships

OTTAWA - The Canadian Coast Guard's recent struggles in resupplying northern communities and rescuing ice-jammed ferries appear set to continue despite the Trudeau government's plan to invest $15.6 bi...

May 31, 2019