Canada

1 person hospitalized, man in custody after possible shooting in Salmon Arm

VANCOUVER - One person is in custody and one person was airlifted to hospital after a possible shooting in Salmon Arm, B.C. Salmon Arm RCMP say they are responding to a serious incident, which they sa...

Apr 14, 2019

Big pharma might cut R&D, delay new drugs if pharmacare means more generics: memo

OTTAWA - Brand-name drug companies could put off introducing new medicine in Canada and scale back research here if the country makes a major shift to cheaper generic alternat...

Apr 14, 2019

Ottawa cut off direct aid to Nicaragua last summer over human rights concerns

OTTAWA - The federal government is suspending all direct aid to Nicaragua, citing what it calls "the deteriorating human rights situation" in the Central American nation under President Daniel Ortega....

Apr 14, 2019

Ottawa, Ontario set for carbon price fight; court to hear case this week

TORONTO - The federal and Ontario governments are set to square off in the province's top court this week over Ottawa's climate change law in a fight experts say is as much political and ideologi...

Apr 14, 2019

Top down or grassroots? NDP, UCP take differing approaches to gender balance

When Rakhi Pancholi was asked to run in the Alberta election, she was well versed in the reasons women give for avoiding politics. Through her work with ParityYEG, an Edm...

Apr 14, 2019

DNA quirk could reveal mysteries of Newfoundland's first settlers

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Newfoundland genealogist has stumbled onto a rare and mysterious DNA quirk that he says could tell the untold story of the island's first European settlers. David Pike, a mat...

Apr 14, 2019

Notley hopes for momentum shift as provincial election campaign winds down

CALGARY - Alberta's NDP leader said she's hopeful momentum is moving toward her party in the waning days of what has been a nasty provincial election campaign. "We're really feeling good on the g...

Apr 14, 2019

Ontario's top court allowing rare livestream of carbon-price legal fight

TORONTO - Interested Canadians will have a rare opportunity this week to watch Ontario's top court sort out a federal-provincial legal battle over carbon pricing. It will be the first time in mor...

Apr 14, 2019

Liberal MPs join other elected officials to oppose Quebec's secularism bill

MONTREAL - A coalition of federal, provincial and municipal politicians added their voices to those opposing Quebec's proposed secularism bill on Sunday as they joined community leaders and ...

Apr 14, 2019

B.C. fire chief says 911 dispatch system change in B.C. risks patient safety

VANCOUVER - Patient safety is at risk in British Columbia because of changes to the 911 dispatch system, says a fire chief who has instructed city staff to ask for an ambulance during medical eme...

Apr 14, 2019