Canada

Ex-Afghanistan hostage Boyle to fight wife's appeal over assault-trial evidence

OTTAWA - A legal challenge by former Afghanistan captive Joshua Boyle's wife in the middle of his sexual-assault trial sets a "very dangerous precedent" that could be disastrous for suc...

Apr 28, 2019

Broken Quebec dike forces hundreds of evacuations northwest of Montreal

MONTREAL - Quebec's premier is telling residents in waterlogged areas of the province that they face a few more "difficult" days ahead and to "have courage" until the flood threat eases. Fra...

Apr 28, 2019

Feds' books still on pace for $15B deficit despite surplus through most of 18-19

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government says it remains on track to post a budgetary shortfall of about $15 billion in 2018-19 even though a new estimate says the federal books ran a $3.1-billion surplus...

Apr 28, 2019

Abe, Trudeau tout trade gains without Trump participation in Pacific Rim pact

OTTAWA - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's whirlwind visit to Ottawa this weekend has offered the Liberal government a rare chance to trumpet a strong international alliance in the face of unyieldi...

Apr 28, 2019

Editor found guilty of promoting hate seeks to stave off jail term

TORONTO - A publication found to have been filled with hatred against women and Jews was a valuable relief valve for men prone to violence, its convicted editor told his sentencing hearing on Friday. ...

Apr 28, 2019

Montreal declares emergency as spring flooding risk across Quebec continues to rise

MONTREAL - As a steady rain moved into Quebec Friday, Montreal declared a state of emergency and authorities closely monitored a dam and a dike that were placing residents at risk to the wes...

Apr 28, 2019

'Total blackness:' Remembering Alberta school shooting 20 years later

TABER, Alta. - It was a snowy, spring day on April 28, 1999, when an angry teenager walked through the doors of W.R. Myers High School. Wearing a blue trench coat, the 14-year-old pulle...

Apr 28, 2019

Annual budget ads increase, but still less than under NDP, Tory government says

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government is spending more on budget advertising this year as an election draws closer. The projected spending on media advertisements for this year's p...

Apr 28, 2019

Father of Quebec City mosque shooter says his son isn't a terrorist

QUEBEC - The father of the Quebec City mosque shooter is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and others to stop referring to his son as a terrorist. In an open letter to Trudeau sent to various media...

Apr 28, 2019

Flooding in four provinces prompts states of emergency, evacuations

OTTAWA - Two of Canada's biggest cities have declared states of emergency and three provinces have asked for federal help to fight rising flood waters as Mother Nature's wet wrath of sp...

Apr 28, 2019