Canada

B.C. to improve paid leave for workers affected by domestic and sexual violence

VICTORIA - Workers in British Columbia affected by domestic or sexual violence will be eligible for up to five days of paid leave a year under legislation introduced Tuesday that amends the province's...

Mar 05, 2020

Academics say Indigenous perspectives still lacking in Canadian STEM studies

TORONTO - In order to learn about how Canada's Indigenous astronomers see the skies, Caroline Ormrod had to look overseas. The Toronto resident was interested in pursuing graduate work that would allo...

Mar 05, 2020

Blockade on CP Rail tracks in Kahnawake comes down after more than three weeks

KAHNAWAKE, Que. - A blockade in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake that has halted rail traffic south of Montreal for more than three weeks is being dismantled. The blockade came to an end quietly ...

Mar 05, 2020

Flags raised over vulnerabilities of military equipment to cyber attacks

OTTAWA - A top U.S. Defense Department official says her country is working on cyber weaknesses in its vast array of military equipment - and will shut down anything that isn't brought up to stan...

Mar 05, 2020

Lush Cosmetics calls for end to Safe Third Country deal with U.S.

OTTAWA - Lush Cosmetics has launched a campaign calling on people to pressure the Canadian Parliament to back out of an agreement with the U.S. that governs refugee claims in both count...

Mar 05, 2020

Canada spearheading effort to better protect airborne passenger flights

WASHINGTON - Canada is spearheading what Transport Minister Marc Garneau hopes will become an international effort to protect civilian airliners around the world from being shot down over conflic...

Mar 05, 2020

Minassian admits to planning, carrying out Toronto van attack

TORONTO - A man who killed 10 people when he drove a van into crowds of pedestrians on a busy Toronto sidewalk in 2018 has admitted to planning and carrying out the attack, court heard Thursday. ...

Mar 05, 2020

Manitoba government changes course, plans to adopt its own carbon tax

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government has changed course and has agreed to bring in its own carbon tax, but is cutting the provincial sales tax as well. Premier Brian Palliste...

Mar 05, 2020

Two new coronavirus cases in Ontario, pushing provincewide total to 22

TORONTO - Ontario health authorities say two new cases of the novel coronavirus have been identified in the province. The latest cases are a woman who returned to Kitchener, Ont., from Italy and ...

Mar 05, 2020

Trudeau urges patience as Wet'suwet'en mull over proposed land and title deal

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he knows people are impatient for a resolution to tensions involving a disputed natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia, but time is nee...

Mar 05, 2020