Canada

Almost $150 million in vaunted oceans-protection funding not spent

OTTAWA - Almost $150 million allocated to help protect Canada's oceans has gone unspent by the Trudeau government over the past two years. The Liberals have touted their $1.5-billion oceans protection...

Feb 05, 2020

Opponents to ramp up protests against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Opponents of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion say they will do whatever it takes to stop the project after suffering a devastating legal blow at the Federal Court of Appeal. Tsleil-Wa...

Feb 05, 2020

Talks with Wet'suwet'en over pipeline 'not successful,' province says

SMITHERS, B.C. - The British Columbia government and First Nations hereditary chiefs say they have failed to reach an agreement on a peaceful resolution over the enforcement of an injunction in n...

Feb 05, 2020

Sen. Lynn Beyak denies claiming to be Metis

OTTAWA - Sen. Lynn Beyak is denying she ever claimed to be Metis. She issued a two-line statement today saying the media have reported that she is Metis but she says she has never been a mem...

Feb 05, 2020

Quebec premier says returns will fly high with $30-million blimp investment

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault is dismissing naysayers who are accusing his government of wasting $30 million on an investment in giant blimps. Legault told report...

Feb 05, 2020

As new coronavirus cases climb, Canadians in Wuhan to be flown out Thursday

A chartered plane carrying Canadians from the centre of a virus outbreak in China is scheduled to depart Thursday. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the flight w...

Feb 05, 2020

People's party leader Maxime Bernier sues political pundit for defamation

A former member of Parliament and leader of a fringe federal political party is suing a prominent political commentator and strategist for defamation. Maxime Bernier alleges Warren Kinsella repeatedly...

Feb 05, 2020

Omar Khadr told to answer Utah plaintiffs' questions about his confession

TORONTO - Relatives of a slain American soldier have won a skirmish in their attempt to collect on a US$134-million wrongful-death award against former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr. In a pre-tri...

Feb 05, 2020

Crosswinds delay chartered flight evacuating Canadians stranded in Wuhan

OTTAWA - Canada's foreign affairs minister says more than 200 Canadians due to be evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan should continue making their way to the airport if they are already on their ...

Feb 05, 2020

Montreal to fully ban plastic bags by end of 2020, mayor announces

Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante says the city will move to fully ban the sale of plastic bags by the end of 2020. Plante told a city council meeting today that the current measures that limit retai...

Feb 05, 2020