Canada

Clean energy one of Canada's fastest growing industries

OTTAWA - Canada's clean-energy sector says it's growing faster than the economy as a whole and is rivalling some better-known industries for jobs. Clean Energy Canada is releasing a study today it com...

May 23, 2019

Trudeau in Saskatchewan to exonerate Chief Poundmaker of treason

CUT KNIFE, Sask. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to visit a Saskatchewan First Nation today to exonerate a chief unjustly convicted of treason more than 130 years ago. Trudeau is to vindi...

May 23, 2019

Parties shop for housing ideas for platforms with issue high on voters' lists

OTTAWA - Federal parties are preparing to chase voters with ideas for dealing with what a new survey suggests is a major concern across the country: Housing affordability. The ideas being shopped...

May 23, 2019

Futurist Martine Rothblatt sees a day when human and machine become one

MONTREAL - It's reasonable to expect that in 50 years, humans will build their own identities the way computers download software, says futurist Martine Rothblatt. By that time, she predicts, we ...

May 23, 2019

Growing wildfire prompts evacuation of High Level, Alta.

HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - A northern Alberta town and a nearby First Nation are being evacuated due to the threat of an encroaching wildfire. Thousands of people are being told to leave High Level, as ...

May 22, 2019

Alberta throne speech followed by bill to repeal provincial carbon tax

EDMONTON - The new Alberta government has set its first legislature sitting in motion with a throne speech followed immediately by a bill to repeal the provincial carbon tax. Lt.-Gov. Lois M...

May 22, 2019

Canada stripping citizenship from Chinese man over alleged marriage fraud

OTTAWA - The federal government is taking the relatively rare step of revoking Canadian citizenship from a Chinese man because he allegedly got it through a bogus ma...

May 22, 2019

Three women launch lawsuit alleging sexual assault by Correctional Service guard

OTTAWA - Three women who say they were sexually assault by a prison guard have launched a lawsuit against the federal correctional service. The alleged assaults are said to have happened at ...

May 22, 2019

Watch your step! Ecologist warns bird 'candy' catalyst for extreme goose poop

REGINA - People who like to go for a stroll in Regina's Wascana Park are being advised that if they want to avoid stepping in goose poop, they should quit giving unhealthy snacks to the birds. Ec...

May 22, 2019

Scheer vows criminal crackdown on human trafficking in election pledge

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising funding for police, survivor services and public awareness to fight human trafficking. The previous Conservative government created a four-year ...

May 22, 2019