Canada

Federal govt's refusal to provide clean needles in prison to be challenged today

TORONTO - An Ontario court is set to hear today a constitutional challenge to the federal ban on needles for drug-using prisoners. The case, launched in 2012 by former prisoner Steven Simons, argues t...

Dec 09, 2019

'Kind of lacking:' Injured Bronco wonders why Canada won't fund spinal surgery

CALGARY - A hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says it feels good to be home after spending five weeks in Thailand, where he underwent spinal surgery. "It feels good. I mea...

Dec 09, 2019

Legault government invokes closure to pass Hydro-Quebec rates bill

QUEBEC - The Quebec government has invoked closure to pass legislation that will allow it to take control of the rates charged for electricity in the province. Bill 34 was adopted just after...

Dec 08, 2019

Ontario court to hear challenge to prison needle ban this week

A constitutional challenge to the federal government's refusal to provide clean needles in prisons is set to be heard by an Ontario court this week. The challenge, filed by former inmat...

Dec 08, 2019

Quebec Premier Francois Legault heads to Hollywood to talk carbon and business

LOS ANGELES - After a tumultous legislature session, Quebec Premier Francois Legault is heading to Hollywood and Silicon Valley, where the future of his province's troubled carbon ...

Dec 08, 2019

Brain injury from domestic abuse a 'public health crisis,' says B.C. researcher

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia mother in her late 30s says there was "no support in sight" after she suffered two serious blows to the head at the hands of different partners more than a decade ago. "...

Dec 08, 2019

Rescue dogs come to Canada in search of forever families

There were dozens of dogs in the back of the van travelling the 1,400 kilometres from Tennessee to the Greater Toronto Area - and one of them was a barker. The trip last year was one of the bigge...

Dec 08, 2019

Conservatives urge Morneau to deliver 'urgent' fall economic update

OTTAWA - The Conservatives are calling on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to deliver an "urgent" fall economic update, including a plan to get back to balance. Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre, the fina...

Dec 08, 2019

"Anne with an E" creator says show won't be revived despite fan petition

TORONTO - The creator of the CBC/Netflix drama series "Anne with an E" said she was "moved to tears" by the fan response to the show's cancellation, but said the series will not be renewed despite the...

Dec 07, 2019

Consensus comes 30 years later that Montreal massacre was an anti-feminist act

MONTREAL - Thirty years after the worst mass shooting in Canadian history, official acknowledgment has come that what happened on Dec. 6, 1989 at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique was an attack on f...

Dec 07, 2019