Canada

Permits and challenges delay transfer of panda cubs from Calgary to China

CALGARY - A pair of giant panda cubs at the Calgary Zoo will be remaining in Canada longer than anticipated. Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue were born in Toronto in 2015 at the Toronto Zoo, and were transfe...

Oct 28, 2019

Pressure for climate action mounts on Liberals as activists organize

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he heard loud and clear the message Canadians sent in the federal election for him to be bolder about climate change action. Now young Canadians want him to...

Oct 28, 2019

Guinean-Canadians in Montreal protest possible third presidential term

MONTREAL - Alpha Diallo arrived in Canada from Guinea in 2009, a year before that country's president won his first election and raised hopes amid the nation's sole democratic transition of ...

Oct 28, 2019

Multiple homicides, shooting ramp up pressure on Winnipeg police resources

WINNIPEG - The police chief in Manitoba's capital says a deadly weekend has strained resources as investigators deal with three homicides and a shooting that left four people, including an infant, in ...

Oct 28, 2019

RCMP, feds pressed to find missing reservist with alleged links to neo-Nazis

OTTAWA - A Manitoba army reservist accused of harbouring ties to neo-Nazis remains unaccounted for two months after he was first reported missing. Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews disappeared at t...

Oct 28, 2019

Canada has shown 'uneven progress' on gender equality, says new report

OTTAWA - A new report says it would take Canada 164 years to close the economic gap between men and women if things keep going the way they are. The review of how close - or far - Canada is from meeti...

Oct 28, 2019

Quebec rocker Eric Lapointe pleads not guilty to a charge of assault

MONTREAL - Quebec rock musician Eric Lapointe has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault. Lapointe's lawyer entered the plea on his behalf during a hearing this morning in Montr...

Oct 28, 2019

Alberta budget weakens environmental, climate monitoring: Opposition

EDMONTON - The Alberta budget tabled last week cuts funds for environmental monitoring and for managing greenhouse gas emissions. Critics say that will weaken the province's ability to track...

Oct 28, 2019

Montreal artist known as Zombie Boy died accidentally, Quebec coroner rules

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner has ruled that the death of a tattooed artist and model who starred in a massively popular music video was an accident. Rick Stephan Genest, known as Zombie Boy, was f...

Oct 28, 2019

Feds leave national-security level at medium following ISIL leader's death

OTTAWA - The federal government says the national-threat level remains unchanged despite concerns of retaliatory strikes by the Islamic State group after the killing of its leader....

Oct 28, 2019