Canada

Alberta government firing election commissioner who was investigating leadership

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government is firing the province's election commissioner, but says it's not because he is investigating the party and has fined it more than $200,000. Fi...

Nov 20, 2019

B.C. politicians view supermodel's transition journey on Transgender Day

VICTORIA - Members of British Columbia's legislature marked Canada's Transgender Day of Remembrance by viewing a documentary that follows a depressed, suicidal female teenager's three-year surgic...

Nov 20, 2019

Crown seeks Supreme Court of Canada hearing in railway terror case

OTTAWA - The Crown is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to review an appeal court's decision to order a new trial for two men convicted of plotting to crash a Via Rail train. In&n...

Nov 20, 2019

Closing arguments begin in legal case over private health care in B.C.

VANCOUVER - A lawyer arguing in favour of a two-tier health-care system in British Columbia says the government can't legally justify preventing patients from paying private doctors to alleviate their...

Nov 20, 2019

Montreal honours 'hero' driver who used SUV to shield pedestrians

MONTREAL - Erick Marciano says he doesn't consider himself a hero for using his SUV to shield pedestrians from a speeding car last week in Montreal. "It was just a natural thing to do,"...

Nov 20, 2019

Trudeau pressed to ensure less restrictive assisted-dying law a priority

OTTAWA - Even before he swears in his new cabinet, Justin Trudeau is being urged to ask his new justice minister to move swiftly to make Canada's assisted-dying law less restrictive. Th...

Nov 20, 2019

New faces in Trudeau's minority cabinet include rookies and former backbenchers

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has welcomed some new faces into his cabinet, including some rookie MPs and former Liberal backbenchers. Steven Guilbeault, Canadian Heritage Guilbeaul...

Nov 20, 2019

Omar Khadr appeal in American military court faces additional delay: lawyer

A U.S. military court is still refusing to hear Omar Khadr's challenge of his convictions in Guantanamo Bay. The United States Court of Military Commission Review, known as the CMCR, is...

Nov 20, 2019

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveils new Liberal cabinet

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has unveiled a larger cabinet that aims to advance Liberal campaign promises to tackle climate change and promote middle-class prosperity, while attempting to so...

Nov 20, 2019 Chrystia Freeland is Canada's new deputy prime minister and minister in charge of intergovernmental affairs (Photo: The Canadian Press)

'Smart,' 'dynamic' Champagne set to put traits to test as foreign minister

OTTAWA - The engines were revving on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's plane, warming up on a Beijing tarmac for a flight to China's southern industrial heartland, but one important passenger was conspi...

Nov 20, 2019