Canada

Judge orders Quebecor to reconnect TVA Sports signal for Bell TV subscribers

MONTREAL - A Quebec judge has ordered Quebecor to reconnect the signal for three TVA Sports channels to Bell TV customers Friday night. Quebec Superior Court Justice Claude Champagne refused, however,...

Apr 12, 2019

Quebec report finds positive signs for French but 'bonjour/hi' still a concern

QUEBEC - A new report from Quebec's language watchdog notes encouraging signs for the health of French in the province but raises an alarm about increased use of the bilingual "bonjour/...

Apr 12, 2019

Committee calls on Canada to co-operate with NATO to respond to Russia in Arctic

OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is urging the government to work with NATO to determine Russia's military intentions in the North and get help to protect the country's Arctic sovereign...

Apr 12, 2019

NDP legislators urge Ottawa to provide 'stable funding' to Indigenous Theatre

New Democrat legislators are calling on the Liberal government to reconsider a decision that denies funding to the National Arts Centre's Indigenous Theatre. Five NDP members of parliament signed...

Apr 12, 2019

Feds win 'interim interim' stay for 15-day cap on solitary confinement

TORONTO - The federal government won't have to comply immediately with a court decision that limited solitary confinement to 15 consecutive days, the Supreme Court of Canada has decided. In granting O...

Apr 12, 2019

Cash incentives for parties could help get more women in politics: MPs

OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee says the government should offer financial incentives to political parties to nominate more women candidates to run for election. This is one of 14 reco...

Apr 12, 2019

Goodale says report on terror threats 'maligned' certain communities

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says future reports on terrorist threats to Canada will not refer to Sikh extremism and instead use "extremists who support violent means to establis...

Apr 12, 2019

Hasn't campaigned with federal leader: NDP's Notley says her focus on Alberta

CALGARY - Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley says she hasn't campaigned with the federal party leader because her focus is on what's best for the province - including pipelines. During a campaign stop i...

Apr 12, 2019

Scheer repeats alleged libel, goads Trudeau to follow through on lawsuit threat

OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer did his level best Wednesday to provoke Prime Minister Justin Trudeau into following through on his threat to sue him over allegedly libellous criticism of the SNC-Lav...

Apr 12, 2019

Trudeau Liberals link 'reckless' Ontario budget with Scheer's Conservatives

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are attacking the Ontario Progressive Conservative government's first budget since Doug Ford was elected premier, hoping voters across the country will connect the docume...

Apr 12, 2019