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Nancy Pelosi, new NAFTA naysayer, makes history as latest House Speaker
WASHINGTON - A vocal critic of Canada's trade agreement with the United States and Mexico has been re-elected as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, the first woman in history to hold the ga...
Jan 03, 2019
Fake sex assault complaint: Winnipeg man charged after 79 false calls to 911
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man who police believe was high on meth faces public mischief charges after almost seven dozen false 911 calls that included a report of a family being sexually assaulted. P...
Jan 03, 2019
'A lot of people:' Calgary zoo reports record attendance thanks to panda family
CALGARY - The arrival of a family of giant pandas to the Calgary Zoo last spring created a stampede of visitors once the guests on loan from China were introduced to an eager public. The zoo surp...
Jan 03, 2019
West Vancouver clothing donation bins sealed after death of trapped man
VANCOUVER - The District of West Vancouver is shutting clothing donation bins and looking at options to either make them more secure or remove them following the death of a man on ...
Jan 03, 2019
Feds worry technology will force 'vulnerable' groups out of labour force
OTTAWA - Internal government documents show federal officials have quietly probed ways to boost job numbers for Indigenous Peoples, newcomers and Canadians with disabilities to prevent a spike in econ...
Jan 03, 2019
Ontario judge strikes down enforcement powers of OSPCA as unconstitutional
A judge has found the enforcement powers held by Ontario's private animal welfare agency to be unconstitutional, saying the province must re-write laws governing the orga...
Jan 03, 2019
StatCan warns of impact on release of trade data from U.S. government shutdown
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is warning the partial shutdown of the U.S. government could have an impact on the agency's ability to release a complete picture of trade between North America's largest tr...
Jan 03, 2019
Not 'convenient' to discuss charges against imprisoned Canadians: China
OTTAWA - A Chinese government spokesman says it is not "convenient" to discuss the charges against two Canadians detained in China despite an assertion by the country's top prosecutor that they broke ...
Jan 03, 2019
Nova Scotia community looks forward to brighter year after 2018 marred by tragedy
YARMOUTH, N.S. - A community on the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia is looking forward to a brighter 2019 after a difficult year that's been bookended by tragedy. Five children, ...
Jan 03, 2019
Alberta premier says Calgary MLA Stephanie McLean has resigned
CALGARY - Former Alberta cabinet minister Stephanie McLean has resigned months after announcing she wouldn't seek re-election this spring. Premier Rachel Notley posted Wednesday night on Facebook...
Jan 03, 2019
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