Canada

Renowned Canadian epidemiologist to lead coronavirus study team: WHO

OTTAWA - Renowned Canadian epidemiologist Bruce Aylward will be leading a team of World Health Organization experts in China to study the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Aylward arrived in Chi...

Feb 10, 2020

A Canadian evacuee describes life under quarantine at CFB Trenton

CFB TRENTON, Ont. - A Canadian evacuee from the Chinese epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak says life under quarantine at an Ontario military base can feel like "summer camp." Myriam Larouche ...

Feb 10, 2020

Alberta Appeal Court hears man convicted in three murders wants one overturned

CALGARY - An Alberta man who was found guilty of killing a father, the victim's two-year-old daughter and a senior wants one of his convictions thrown out. Derek Saretzky's lawyer argued in ...

Feb 10, 2020

A primer on the Coastal GasLink pipeline

VANCOUVER - Protests continue across the country as the RCMP enforce an injunction requiring opponents of the Coastal GasLink pipeline to clear the way for construction in northern British Columbia. H...

Feb 10, 2020

Ex-Hasidic couple take Quebec to court over religious school education

MONTREAL - A trial is underway that pits the Quebec Education Department against a former Hasidic Jewish couple who allege the government failed to ensure they received an adequate education. A lawyer...

Feb 10, 2020

China won't release 'two Michaels' because of coronavirus help: experts

OTTAWA - Experts say Ottawa shouldn't expect Beijing to do it any favours and free the "two Michaels" in return for medical co-operation fighting the new coronavirus. China's ambassador to Canada...

Feb 10, 2020

Liberals pull plug on 12-year-old plan to move elite Joint Task Force 2 unit

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is pulling the plug on a 12-year-old plan to move the military's elite Joint Task Force 2 from its base near the national capital. The decision ends more than a decade ...

Feb 10, 2020

Wet'suwet'en supporters light ceremonial fire at steps of B.C. legislature

VICTORIA - Efforts by hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en Nation to halt a pipeline project have prompted arrests and spurred a national movement that saw protesters light a ceremonial fire at the f...

Feb 10, 2020

Jordan Peterson in Russia for medical benzodiazepine detox: Daughter

The daughter of controversial Canadian author Jordan Peterson says her father is recovering in Russia from "physical dependence" to anti-anxiety medication. Mikhaila Peterson says in a YouTube&nb...

Feb 10, 2020

Ottawa launches consultations on Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain pipeline

CALGARY - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership...

Feb 10, 2020