Canada

8 years ago

Americas Fidel Castro was a dictator, Trudeau says

PM grilled about statement of condolences in which he called the former Cuban president 'a remarkable leader'

Justin Trudeau participates in the closing news conference at la Francophonie Summit in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The prime minister defended his statement about Fidel Castro at the summit. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference at the Francophonie Summit in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Photograph: Adrian Wyld/AP

8 years ago

Canada Justin Trudeau defends initial remarks about 'polarizing' Fidel Castro

Statement prompted criticism online and from US Republicans.

Canada plans to add 18 new Super Hornets to its RCAF fleet

8 years ago

Canada Canada explores purchase of 18 interim Boeing Super Hornets

Canada will explore buying 18 new Boeing Super Hornet fighter jets.

8 years ago

Canada Canadians pledge their own wall to block Trump-fleeing US liberals

As social media buzzes with the news that Donald Trump will occupy the Oval Office for the next four years, Canadians have had an uncharacteristically...

Concerns in the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia over Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent acts of aggression will see as many as 455 Canadian troops and armoured vehicles deploy to Latvia in the new year. (The Associated Press

9 years ago

Canada Liberals commit almost $350 million to deter threat of Russian aggression

Funding commitment foresees deployment of troops and armoured vehicles running at least until 2020

Former Ottawa fertility doctor Norman Barwin, seen here in 2013, is facing a potential class-action lawsuit over allegations he inseminated at least two women with his own sperm. (CBC)

9 years ago

Canada Former Ottawa fertility doctor impregnated 2 women with his own sperm, lawsuit alleges

Norman Barwin had previously resigned from Order of Canada after sperm mix-up

9 years ago

Canada Canadian nurse charged with eight murders

A 49-year-old nursing home worker in Ontario has been charged with eight counts of first-degree murder spanning several years.

Canadian international trade minister Chrystia Freeland says the EU 'isn't capable now to have an international treaty even with a country that has very European values'

9 years ago

Canada EU is 'impossible' to do deals with, Canada says sparking fears about Brexit negotiations

Under the Belgian political system, major international deals need to be signed off by regional parliaments.

The Liberal government says it is targeting fraud. But lawyers representing some citizens targeted for citizenship revocation say they're seeing cases that don't fit that description. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

9 years ago

Canada Trudeau government revoking citizenship at much higher rate than Conservatives

Liberals say revocations target fraud, but government accused of hypocrisy following Maryam Monsef case

9 years ago

Canada William and Kate travel in sea plane on tour of Canada

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have flown by seaplane to Vancouver on the latest leg of an eight-day Canada tour.

9 years ago

Canada Royals in Canada: Images of William, Kate and children on tour

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are in Canada with their children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, for a royal tour, five years after they...

Students gather on the lawn outside Spring Park School in Charlottetown. A threat forced the evacuation of all schools on P.E.I. Wednesday morning. (Submitted by Rob LeClair)

9 years ago

Canada P.E.I. schools under evacuation order due to a potential threat

RCMP say there are no reports of injuries

Dr. Michael Rieder, a pediatric clinical pharmacologist at Western University in London, Ont., says acetaminophen misuse is the most common cause of liver injury in Canada. (CBC)

9 years ago

Canada Why acetaminophen is the 'most common cause of liver injury' in Canada

Health Canada boosts labelling requirements, but some doctors want extra-strength products off the shelves

Julien Gould, pictured here with his fiancée Jenn Perry, died after taking fentanyl in Moncton in 2014. Perry wants people to know about the dangers of the drug. (Submitted)

9 years ago

Canada Fentanyl involved in at least 32 Maritime drug deaths

CBC INVESTIGATES: Experts warn that fentanyl crisis, which has killed hundreds in British Columbia, could be coming east

Since January, a municipal bylaw obliges Montreal taxi drivers to wear clean, black pants and a white shirt. (iStock)

9 years ago

Canada Taxi drivers take dress code fight over black jeans to court

When city adopted the bylaw, there was no mention of jeans not being allowed, Mouhcine El Meliani says

9 years ago

Business Canada's economy takes largest hit since 2009

Canada's economic output shrank by its largest percentage since the global economic crisis as the country's oil sector continued to struggle.

When it's time for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to answer reporters' questions on his China trip, it's a safe bet he will be probed on just how forcefully he brought up the issue of human rights with the Asian economic superpower. (Pat

9 years ago

Canada How to ask China about human rights: Dos and don'ts for Trudeau

Nudge, but don't 'pound on the desk,' a former Canadian ambassador advises

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are planning to visit B.C. and Yukon from Sept. 24 to Oct. 1. (Kensington Palace/Twitter)

9 years ago

Canada Will and Kate announce plans for B.C., Yukon visit

Vancouver, Victoria, Haida Gwaii, Whitehorse on Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's itinerary next month

Whether or not police should have the power to compel people to hand over passwords is an issue that came to the fore last year when the FBI went to court in a bid to crack the password of a terror suspect's iPhone following a mass shooting in San Be

9 years ago

Canada Police chiefs want new law that would compel people to reveal passwords

'Canada's law and policing capabilities must keep pace with the evolution of technology': RCMP

Aaron Driver was subject to a court order limiting his activities

9 years ago

Canada Canadian police 'kill terror suspect'

Police have shot dead a suspect in an anti-terror operation in the Canadian province of Ontario.