Canada

Joan Jones, who helped form black rights movement in Nova Scotia, dies at 79

HALIFAX - A woman who helped build the black civil rights movement in Nova Scotia is being recalled as the behind-the-scenes power in a partnership that often featured her hus...

Apr 02, 2019

Cougar attacks seven-year-old boy in B.C., mother pries its jaw open

LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. - The father of a seven-year-old boy who was attacked by a cougar in a small lakeside community on Vancouver Island is crediting his wife's quick actions for his son's survival. Ke...

Apr 02, 2019

Justice minister troubled by calls for conscientious objection to religious symbols ban

Quebec's justice minister says she finds it troubling that some opponents to the province's proposed secularism law restricting the wearing of religious symbols are suggesting...

Apr 02, 2019

Jody Wilson-Raybould's letter to the Liberal caucus

OTTAWA - As federal Liberal MPs prepared to debate whether former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould and former health minister Jane Philpott should stay in their caucus, Wilson-Raybould ...

Apr 02, 2019

Quebec Premier Francois Legault defends secularism bill as "moderate"

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is taking a moderate approach to secularism that does not violate freedom of religion, Premier Francois Legault said Sunday as he defended&nbs...

Apr 02, 2019

Saskatchewan premier to speak at rally organized by climate-change denier

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is planning to speak at a rally this week where one of the organizers doesn't believe climate change poses a threat to the planet. The Rally Against the Carbon ...

Apr 02, 2019

Federal cabinet ministers Bibeau, Carr to testify on canola feud with China

OTTAWA - The federal trade and agriculture ministers will face questioning Tuesday afternoon from MPs about the government's handling of Canada's canola feud with China. Citing pes...

Apr 02, 2019

Labour minister says it was 'unethical' for Wilson-Raybould to record call

OTTAWA - The Liberals escalated their criticism Sunday of Jody Wilson-Raybould's decision to secretly record a phone call with the country's top bureaucrat, with a prominent cabinet minister...

Apr 02, 2019

Coleman says Boyle's violence got worse as captivity wore on

OTTAWA - Joshua Boyle's estranged wife is detailing in court today his increasingly unsettled state as their time as hostages in Afghanistan wore on, and her hope the beatings she suffered in captivit...

Apr 02, 2019

MP Tony Clement says he will not seek re-election in October

OTTAWA - MP Tony Clement says he will not seek re-election, citing a desire to continue a "better lived life." Clement was booted from the Conservative caucus after admitting to having had inappr...

Apr 02, 2019