Canada

Groups question impact new Clare's Law will have in Saskatchewan

REGINA - As she was being hit with an aluminum baseball bat, Lani Elliott saw flashes of her little boy's future she feared she wouldn't live to see, such as his graduation and wedding day. "I re...

May 02, 2019

The great Canada-Philippines diplomatic garbage dispute of 2019 seems almost over

OTTAWA - Canada's garbage is coming home from the Philippines. Canada has made a formal offer to have more than six dozen containers of Canadian household trash returned to the Port of Vanco...

May 02, 2019

To excel in the automated world Canada shouldn't forget the liberal arts: study

OTTAWA - A new report on the skills needed for jobs of the future says in the technologically disrupted world Canada will need more liberal-arts graduates. The study by t...

May 02, 2019

'We were very close:' Mother tells murder trial about last time she saw daughter

WINNIPEG - A Crown prosecutor says a young Indigenous woman who was missing for months in Winnipeg before her body was found in a shallow grave in a farmer's field met the man accused o...

May 02, 2019

China suspends export permits from two Canadian pork plants, says Ottawa

TORONTO - China has suspended the export permits of two Canadian pork exporters, including Quebec-based Olymel LP, apparently over package mislabelling amid growing tensions between the two countries....

May 02, 2019

Health Canada warns victims of spring flooding about mould dangers

Health Canada is warning of the dangers of mould in homes and cottages hit by this year's spring flooding. Federal biologist Francis Lavoie says it's important to dry wet walls and belongings within 4...

May 02, 2019

Water to stay high but second round of floods not expected: Goodale

OTTAWA - Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale toured neighbourhoods in east Ottawa today where he told one resident he doesn't expect a second wave of flooding like what the area experienced i...

May 02, 2019

Quebec, N.B. hope worst flooding is over while Ontario situation 'potentially worsening'

STE-MARTHE-SUR-LE-LAC, Que. - Robert Pepin's mobile home sits crookedly on its foundation, the front door is broken, the insulation and deck are damaged beyond repair. But the 70-year-old re...

May 02, 2019

Damages of $20 million awarded against obituary website in class action ruling

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A judge has ordered an online obituary site to pay $20 million in damages for the unauthorized use of notices and photographs taken from websites of Canadian funeral homes and ...

May 02, 2019

Quebec government orders public coroner's inquest into 7-year-old's death

Quebec's public security minister has ordered a public coroner's inquest into the death of a seven-year-old girl who had a long history with the province's youth protection system. Genevieve Guil...

May 02, 2019