Canada

Soldiers deploying to flood-prone areas as water levels rise in New Brunswick

FREDERICTON - About 120 Canadian soldiers will soon be deployed in western New Brunswick to help residents threatened by rising floodwaters. The soldiers from Canadian Forces Base Gaget...

Apr 20, 2019

New U.S. trade report predicts modest economic gains from new NAFTA

OTTAWA - With Washington riveted to the Mueller report, a comprehensive economic assessment of the new North American free trade deal quietly emerged Thursday, predicting less-than-stellar e...

Apr 20, 2019

Uber driver charged in two sexual assault investigations: Toronto police

Toronto police say an Uber driver is facing sexual assault charges in relation to two investigations. Police say 36-year-old Taneem Aziz of Mississauga faces one count each of forcible confi...

Apr 20, 2019

Top 1% paid slightly more in taxes after Liberal changes, figures show

OTTAWA - The country's top one per cent of earners paid a slightly bigger share of federal income taxes after a policy shift from the Trudeau Liberals designed to make th...

Apr 20, 2019

Michael Wernick, clerk of the Privy Council, bids farewell to public service

OTTAWA - Michael Wernick, the clerk of the Privy Council, has bid farewell to the more than 200,000 workers in the federal public service. Wernick announced in mid-March that he would leave ...

Apr 20, 2019

Flood waters take woman's life in western Quebec after river sweeps away road

MONTREAL - A woman in her 70s has died after driving her car into a massive sinkhole caused by flooding in western Quebec, police say. The accident left her sedan upside down in a swollen stream ...

Apr 20, 2019

Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante faces online threats over secularism stance

Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante spoke out Thursday about threats directed against her over her stance on the province's secularism bill. Plante told reporters Thursday the online attacks have inten...

Apr 20, 2019

Harvard prof says Concordia disinvited him because of his conservative views

MONTREAL - Plans to celebrate a Concordia University college's 40th anniversary are in disarray after the school decided to disinvite a Harvard professor because of his controversial views on feminism...

Apr 20, 2019

Quebec public security minister warning flood zone residents not to take chances

MONTREAL - Quebec communities were bracing for major flooding in various parts of the province Thursday as rainy weather was expected to settle in for the beginning of the weekend. The province's...

Apr 20, 2019

Supreme Court of Canada sides with police in internet child luring case

OTTAWA - Undercover police officers do not need to obtain a judicial warrant before using email or instant-message services to communicate with someone suspected of child luring, the Su...

Apr 20, 2019