Canada

Health organizations call for end to promotion of vaping products

OTTAWA - Eight health organizations are calling for urgent action from the federal government to treat vaping like smoking. The organizations are asking for an interim order to curb the marketing of v...

Sep 19, 2019

Top court won't hear Mountie's appeal over harassment allegations

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it will not hear an RCMP sergeant's argument that he should be compensated for alleged harassment by superiors. In 2017, the Ontario Superior Court found...

Sep 19, 2019

Students who died in Vancouver Island bus crash remembered for love of learning

VICTORIA - Two first-year biology students at the University of Victoria are being remembered for their love of learning and nature. Emma Machado of Winnipeg and John Geerdes from Iowa have been ...

Sep 19, 2019

Tax credits or cash? Parties spar over what is best for parental benefits

OTTAWA - Is it better to be paid in credit or with cash? That's a question Liberals and Conservatives tusseled over Tuesday in the ongoing federal election competition for the votes of middle-cla...

Sep 19, 2019

Trudeau's 2001 'brown face' and moving Beyond Meat; In-The-News for Sept. 19

In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 19. What we are watching ...

Sep 19, 2019

'Time to take action:' Children advocates call for national youth suicide strategy

WINNIPEG - Children's advocates from across the country are urging the federal government to create a national strategy to deal with what they are calling a youth suicide crisis. "I've sat with parent...

Sep 19, 2019

Alberta couple charged in toddler son's death to learn fate from judge

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A judge is to rule today whether an Alberta couple who treated their son with herbal remedies rather than seek medical attention should be held responsible in his de...

Sep 19, 2019

Fallout from Trudeau's brownface photo bombshell sure to dominate campaign

OTTAWA - It won't be campaigning as usual for Justin Trudeau today as the Liberal leader grapples with the fallout from a bombshell that landed on the campaign trail. An 18-year-old photo surfaced Wed...

Sep 19, 2019

Some in Saskatchewan have beef with A&W Beyond Meat ad featuring Rider fans

REGINA - Some people have a beef about an A&W ad featuring Saskatchewan Roughrider fans that promotes the Beyond Meat burger. During the commercial the fans taste-test the vegetable-based pro...

Sep 18, 2019

Yearbook photo shows Trudeau wearing ‘brownface’ costume in 2001

OTTAWA - A yearbook photo of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau wearing "brownface" makeup at a costume party in 2001 has landed on the federal election campaign.Time magazine has posted the photo, which i...

Sep 18, 2019 (Time Magazine)