Canada

North Vancouver RCMP seek skier whose pole caused brain injury to B.C. teen

VANCOUVER - A North Vancouver family is joining with RCMP to urge a skier to come forward and explain how his ski pole left a 13-year-old boy with a serious brain injury. Max Keir was skiing on Grouse...

May 23, 2019

Supreme Court will tuck into UberEats case about drivers' benefit rights

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will help decide whether a proposed class-action lawsuit against ride-hailing service Uber can move ahead. The high court has agreed to hear Uber's ...

May 23, 2019

Minister Bains promises privacy law reviews as digital charter released

TORONTO - Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains unveiled a wide review of federal privacy laws Tuesday in what he said was an effort to build trust in a digital world. Bains announced the r...

May 23, 2019

Ousted Saskatchewan NDP MP Erin Weir not running in the next federal election

REGINA - A Saskatchewan MP who has been sitting as an Independent following his ouster from the NDP caucus says he will be not be running in October's federal election. Erin Weir, the member for ...

May 23, 2019

Deported N.S. sex predator battles charge that would keep him in U.S. jail

HALIFAX - A sexual predator released and deported to the United States after a controversial Parole Board of Canada decision is now arguing several charges against him should be dropped due to the pas...

May 23, 2019

Supreme Court of Canada to weigh video-lottery terminals class-action case

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will look at whether a potentially groundbreaking court case that takes aim at video-lottery terminals can proceed and, if so, on what grounds. The ...

May 23, 2019

Is the right to vegan food a human right? Ontario firefighter argues that it is

An Ontario firefighter alleges his human rights were violated when he was not provided sufficient vegan food while battling a massive blaze in British Columbia. Adam Knauff has filed a complaint ...

May 23, 2019

Woman testifies about strange dynamic in home shared with Winnipeg murder suspect

WINNIPEG - A woman says jealousy was a problem in a house several women shared with a man who is accused of killing one of them. "Five women all vying for the attention of one man, obviously, there wo...

May 23, 2019

Tiny increase in young appointees to federal posts after Liberal overhaul

OTTAWA - The Liberal government's changes to the federal appointments system has yielded a small increase in the number of younger people getting government posts, but their overall represen...

May 23, 2019

Fight over metals tariffs focused Cdn industries on China: aluminum company CEO

SEPT-ILES, Que. - American tariffs on Canadian aluminum cut into profits but didn't slow production or hurt employment, says the CEO of the Quebec company whose plant Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vis...

May 23, 2019