Canada

Catalan leader goes to court after Canada refuses him entry for speaking visit

MONTREAL - The exiled former president of Spain's Catalonia region is fighting a Canadian government decision to refuse him entry into the country to attend an event hosted by a Quebec nationalis...

May 01, 2019

Health Canada sets plain-packaging rules for tobacco, to take effect in November

OTTAWA - Health Canada says cigarette packs will have to be plain drab brown with standardized layouts and lettering, starting in November. The government says plain packages will increase the impact ...

May 01, 2019

Trudeau taps veteran Jeremy Broadhurst to run Liberal re-election campaign

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has turned to veteran Liberal Jeremy Broadhurst to run the governing party's bid for re-election this fall. Broadhurst, who is currently serv...

May 01, 2019

Flood victims say more homes would be lost if not for volunteers, military

OTTAWA - Many more homes would have been lost to this year's devastating spring flooding in Eastern Canada over the weekend were it not for the back-breaking efforts of volunteers and the military, fl...

May 01, 2019

Liberal MP, retired general, Andrew Leslie says he won't seek re-election

OTTAWA - A first-time Liberal MP and longtime military man says he won't run for re-election this fall. Retired lieutenant-general Andrew Leslie says in an open letter today that after careful conside...

May 01, 2019

Feds to exempt oilsands from new reviews unless Kenney lifts emissions cap

OTTAWA - The federal government is warning the new government in Alberta not to scrap the province's legal limit on total emissions from oilsands of 100 million tonnes a year. Ottawa ha...

May 01, 2019

Quebec government seeks answers from youth protection after 7-year-old girl dies

MONTREAL - Quebec's junior health minister says the death of a seven-year-old girl east of Montreal has exposed clear flaws in the province's youth protection system, and he wants ...

May 01, 2019

Another soggy day in the forecast as rainfall warning issued for cottage country

It's shaping up to be another soggy day in Ontario's cottage country. Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for Bracebridge, Huntsville and other communities north of Toronto that have alre...

May 01, 2019

Canada looking for new canola customers, pushing China to verify claims: Carr

OTTAWA - Canada is looking for new Asian customers for its canola to answer China's ban on many shipments of the product, says International Trade Minister Jim Carr. The Canadian government ...

May 01, 2019

Buying an electric car becomes cheaper today as federal rebates kick in

OTTAWA - Federal rebates to encourage Canadians to buy electric cars take effect today. The rebates, announced in the last Liberal budget, will take up to $5,000 off the cost of electric vehicles...

May 01, 2019