Canada

Study says rents in most cities are unaffordable for lower-income earners

OTTAWA - A minimum-wage worker could afford to rent in just a few neighbourhoods in Canada, suggests a new analysis of the country's rental market that also raises questions about a promised fede...

Jul 17, 2019

Parks Canada promises to remove offending fence at Signal Hill in St. John's

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Parks Canada is promising to remove a fence that visitors say spoiled the iconic view at Signal Hill in St. John's. In a statement, the agency says the current fence was meant to ma...

Jul 17, 2019

Cambodia says 11 containers of Canadian trash among illegal garbage shipments

OTTAWA - The Canadian government has asked officials in Cambodia for more information about 11 containers of Canadian garbage the southeast Asian country's environment ministry says ended up there ill...

Jul 17, 2019

Scheer on Trump: It's 'offensive' to question the family background of critics

SASKATOON - Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says there is no place in society for comments such as the ones U.S. President Donald Trump has made about four Democratic congresswomen. Sch...

Jul 17, 2019

Weather improving: Some Ontario fire evacuees staying in Regina heading home

REGINA - Some evacuees who were put up in Regina when they were forced to flee a wildfire in northwestern Ontario are heading home. Last week, Saskatchewan agreed to welcome about one-quarter of ...

Jul 17, 2019

U.S. tug firm to be sentenced for 2016 spill in B.C. First Nation's territory

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A Texas-based company is scheduled to be sentenced after pleading guilty to a diesel spill from a tug boat that ran aground and sank in a First Nation's fishing terr...

Jul 17, 2019

Ethics czar erred in approving LeBlanc's use of Irving plane: Democracy Watch

OTTAWA - An organization that advocates for greater government accountability says Canada's ethics watchdog should never have approved a flight taken by Liberal cabinet minister Dominic LeBl...

Jul 17, 2019

Two third-party groups disclose first ad spending in pre-election period

OTTAWA - Elections Canada says two third-party groups have started spending money on political advertising in period leading up to the federal election. Canada Growth Council, a pro-energy, pro-f...

Jul 17, 2019

Trio of deadly crashes not a sign DHC-2 Beaver is unsafe: aviation experts

MONTREAL - At least eight people have died in three crashes involving de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver planes in less than a week in Canada, but civil aviation experts say the aircraft remains the safes...

Jul 17, 2019

Diversity a Canadian strength, Trudeau says of Trump tweets at congresswomen

PETAWAWA, Ont. - President Donald Trump's suggestion that four female members of Congress should go back where they came from if they don't like America wouldn't fly in Canada, Prime Minister Justin T...

Jul 17, 2019