Canada

Street drug use should be decriminalized to cut deaths: B.C. health officer

VICTORIA - A push by British Columbia's health officer to decriminalize drug possession in the fight against overdoses isn't getting support from the province's solicitor general. Dr. B...

Apr 26, 2019

Feds facing short runway on fighter jets amid new questions about schedule

OTTAWA - Canada's head of military procurement says the federal government is facing a short runway if it wants to get new fighter jets in time to avoid putting even more money into its aging CF-18s. ...

Apr 26, 2019

Calgary police search for clues in possible double homicide of mother, toddler

CALGARY - Police in Calgary are continuing to search for evidence in what they believe to be a double homicide of a mother and toddler. Jasmine Lovett and her 22-month-old daughter, Aliyah Sander...

Apr 26, 2019

'Grabher' licence plate does not incite sexual violence: former researcher

HALIFAX - A former sex researcher has told a Nova Scotia court she doesn't believe that a licence plate bearing the surname of a retiree - "Grabher" - would promote sexual violence against w...

Apr 26, 2019

Frustrated patient's viral video demonstrates N.S. 'health crisis,' doctors say

HALIFAX - Doctors Nova Scotia says a viral video made by a frustrated young mother who says she waited two years for her cancer diagnosis demonstrates the province's troubling family doctor short...

Apr 26, 2019

Move could shorten delay of assault trial for ex-Afghanistan hostage Boyle

OTTAWA - Joshua Boyle's lawyer sees a glimmer of hope that a dispute over evidence in his assault trial will be resolved quickly, leading to resumption of the former Afghanistan captive's&nb...

Apr 26, 2019

Appeal of ruling suspends assault trial for ex-Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle

OTTAWA - The assault trial of former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle will be delayed while the courts settle a dispute over whether evidence about consensual sexual activity with his w...

Apr 26, 2019

Crown seeks one-year jail term against editor convicted of promoting hate

TORONTO - The Crown is seeking a one-year jail term for a Toronto editor convicted of promoting hatred against women and Jews. A prosecutor is telling Ontario court that James Sears deserves the ...

Apr 26, 2019

Axworthy urges renewed Canada-Ukraine ties despite concerns about new president

OTTAWA - A former Canadian foreign minister who monitored Ukraine's presidential election is urging Canada to "freshen" its relationship with the European country while expressing some reservations ab...

Apr 26, 2019

Trudeau government ran $3.1-billion surplus in first 11 months of 2018-19

OTTAWA - A preliminary estimate of the federal books says the government posted a surplus of $3.1 billion through the first 11 months of the fiscal year. The number in the Finance Department's&nb...

Apr 26, 2019