Canada

Nova Scotia's harsh winter coast stars in horror film screened at Cannes

Nova Scotia's unforgiving coast has a starring role - alongside Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson - in a new fantasy-horror film that screened to strong reviews at the Cannes Film Festival i...

May 19, 2019

Unions increasingly at odds over replacing troubled Phoenix pay system

OTTAWA - The federal team charged with finding a replacement for the government's troubled Phoenix pay system will present the Liberals with options within weeks that are expected to include...

May 19, 2019

2nd woman testifies against Winnipeg suspect in death of woman found in barrel

WINNIPEG - A woman testified Friday that she helped hide another woman's dead body in a barrel filled with chemicals because the man accused in the killing had total control over her after y...

May 19, 2019

Data reveals scope, damage of spring floods in Quebec and New Brunswick

New data from Statistics Canada is revealing the scale and scope of this spring's devastating flooding in Quebec, Manitoba and New Brunswick. More than 600 square kilometres of land suffered...

May 19, 2019

Long-awaited end to Canada's tariff standoff with U.S. finally at hand

OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration agreed Friday to drop its punitive and controversial tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, ending a bitter dispute between historic allies and r...

May 19, 2019

Man jailed for role in Winnipeg woman's death during botched robbery

WINNIPEG - Friends and family of an Indigenous woman killed during a botched robbery in Winnipeg say they can finally start healing now that the last man convicted in her death has been sent to p...

May 19, 2019

'Rope-a-dope': Environmentalists say Alberta war room threat won't distract them

EDMONTON - Environmental groups targeted by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney are shrugging off the new government's promised $30-million "war room" to fight criticisms of the province's energy industry. "...

May 19, 2019

Full speed ahead for N.L.'s Liberal minority after election squeaker

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's premier sounded a contrite and co-operative tone Friday, amid all signs that his Liberal government will survive despite being reduced to a minority in T...

May 19, 2019

Hussen axes 'safe country' program as new stats show asylum claims have tripled

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen is doing away with a policy implemented under the Harper government that aimed to tackle a large backlog of refugee claims by limiting rights for a...

May 19, 2019

New B.C. museum policy highlights return of Indigenous remains, artifacts

VANCOUVER - Letters to Scotland sent by a woman from the small settlement of Victoria around 1850 gave Dianne Hinkley more insight into why the bones of her ancestor...

May 19, 2019