Canada

Civil-rights and legal orgs urge Trudeau to drop asylum changes

OTTAWA - A group of civil-society and legal organizations has sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denouncing changes to asylum laws included in a Liberal budget bill tabled this week, ...

Apr 11, 2019

Bloc Quebecois tells Ottawa to stay out of debate over Quebec secularism bill

OTTAWA - The Bloc Quebecois is taking its defence of the provincial government's secularism bill to English Canada with a billboard along an Ottawa highway. The message in English reads, "Quebec ...

Apr 11, 2019

Lawyers seek 25 years for Montreal man in Michigan airport stabbing

DETROIT - A Montreal man convicted of stabbing a police officer at a Flint, Michigan, airport was in debt and saw the attack as a way to become a martyr while benefiting his wife and children financia...

Apr 11, 2019

Supreme Court decision could lift lid on physician billing figures in Ontario

OTTAWA - The public could soon know which Ontario doctors have billed the most to the province's health plan now that the Supreme Court has ruled on the matter. The high court says it w...

Apr 11, 2019

Women launch lawsuit in labour-inducing drug case at N.B hospital

MONCTON, N.B. - A class action has been launched against New Brunswick's largest health authority and an obstetrics nurse by women who believe the nurse improperly gave them a labour-in...

Apr 11, 2019

High court won't hear rapper's plea over his song's role in murder conviction

OTTAWA - A murderer won't get a chance to argue in the Supreme Court that his conviction should be overturned because a rap lyric he wrote was improperly allowed into evidence. The high...

Apr 11, 2019

Trapped in crate shipped from China: Hungry, resourceful cat found in B.C.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - An orange tabby cat is likely to have used up more than a few of its nine lives during an unauthorized trip from China to British Columbia. The North Cariboo District Branch of t...

Apr 11, 2019

Gloves come off as Canadian TV rivals battle over fees for carrying NHL games

MONTREAL - This year's National Hockey League playoffs features an unusually fierce battle between two long-time business rivals, Quebecor's TVA Sports and BCE's Bell TV. TVA Sports blo...

Apr 11, 2019

Brexit delay means time for Canada, Britain to craft trade deal: envoy

OTTAWA - Britain's envoy to Ottawa says the prolonged Brexit divorce from the European Union will give her country more time to forge a proper free-trade deal with Canada. Britain is no...

Apr 11, 2019

High court won't hear appeal over sale of armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not delve into the multibillion-dollar sale of Canadian-made light armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia. The high court, as is customary, gave no ...

Apr 11, 2019