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Supreme Court set to rule on voting rights for long-term expat Canadians
TORONTO - Long-term Canadian expats are set to find out on Friday whether a now-repealed 25-year-old law barring them from voting in federal elections was constitutional. The pending decision by ...
Jan 10, 2019
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Quebec premier backs order forcing hospital to remove bilingual signs
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault is defending an order forcing a hospital northwest of Montreal to remove its bilingual signs. To the dismay of local politicians, the hospital in L...
Jan 10, 2019
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Quebec premier backs order forcing hospital to remove bilingual signs
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault is defending an order forcing a hospital northwest of Montreal to remove its bilingual signs. To the dismay of local politicians, the hospital in L...
Jan 10, 2019
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Thalidomide survivor calls on government to boost annual payment
OTTAWA - Thalidomide survivor Fiona Sampson says a Health Canada revamp of a compensation program doesn't boost annual payments to a level that could make the difference between independence and insti...
Jan 10, 2019
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Nine coworkers at Guelph, Ont., car parts plant split $60-million lotto jackpot
GUELPH, Ont. - A group of coworkers at an Ontario automotive parts plant are the winners of a $60-million lottery jackpot. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. says the nine colleagues worked the same...
Jan 10, 2019
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Mike Duffy appeals ruling blocking him from suing Senate for suspension
OTTAWA - Sen. Mike Duffy is asking Ontario's Court of Appeal to overturn a decision blocking him from suing the Senate for millions of dollars over his dramatic and protracted suspension without ...
Jan 10, 2019
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Montreal Catholic archdiocese promotes alternative Quebec sex-ed course
Montreal's Catholic archdiocese is promoting a proposal that parents opposed to the province's new sexual education curriculum can teach the subject themselves using an alternative cour...
Jan 10, 2019
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Some seals removed from beleaguered Newfoundland town, officials say
RODDICKTON, N.L. - Federal fisheries officers are assessing dozens of stranded seals causing havoc for residents of a small Newfoundland town. The wayward animals have been blocking roads, driveways a...
Jan 10, 2019
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Bernier says abortion, gender identity not on People's Party of Canada platform
OTTAWA - Maxime Bernier says the policies of his new political party will not include anything to do with abortion or gender identity. Bernier is defending the appointment of former Chr...
Jan 10, 2019
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Freeland says Venezuela's Maduro is now a dictator after illegitimate win
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says today's inauguration of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has entrenched him as a dictator. Freeland's remarks align Canada with the internat...
Jan 10, 2019
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