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Trade tribunal investigating allegation of bias in search for third shipyard
OTTAWA - A trade tribunal has agreed to investigate the federal government's plan to add a third shipyard to its multibillion-dollar shipbuilding strategy following allegations the process is rigged i...
Sep 06, 2019

Canadian Andreescu beats Mertens, advances to US Open semifinals
NEW YORK - Bianca Andreescu, the Canadian comeback kid, was at it again Wednesday night. And it earned her a spot in the U.S. Open women's singles semifinals. The 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., p...
Sep 06, 2019

Trial begins for Montreal man charged with fatal stabbing of unborn child
MONTREAL - A Montreal man charged with fatally stabbing his unborn baby had been fighting with his pregnant wife the evening prior to the attack, a jury trial heard Wednesday. Sofiane Ghazi,...
Sep 06, 2019

Canada pushes China at WTO on canola as Beijing bristles over Trudeau criticism
OTTAWA - Canada has requested a formal meeting with China at the World Trade Organization to resolve a Chinese ban on Canadian canola shipments. International Trade Minister Jim Carr announced Friday ...
Sep 06, 2019

New water plant for First Nation under boil water advisories for 22 years
SHOAL LAKE, Ont. - A First Nation on the Manitoba-Ontario boundary is closer to getting safe drinking water. Government officials are at Shoal Lake 40 to celebrate the start of construc...
Sep 06, 2019

Paperwork keeping us from helping veterans, case workers complain
OTTAWA - Case managers assigned to assist Canada's most severely disabled veterans say they are being forced to spend more of their time filling out paperwork than helping patients. The complaints are...
Sep 06, 2019

Kennedy Center looks to the future with opening of The Reach
WASHINGTON - The Kennedy Center is unveiling a massive new expansion designed to transform the relationship between audience and artist while revitalizing the performing arts complex for a new generat...
Sep 06, 2019

Italy-EU honeymoon has just started, but needs to last
ROME - Italy's new coalition government has been hailed as good news for Europe, as a more Brussels-friendly lineup replaces the populist coalition in which right-wing leader Matteo Salvini and his eu...
Sep 06, 2019

Dalhousie apologizes for racist actions, views of university's founder
HALIFAX - Dalhousie University is apologizing to the African Nova Scotian community following the publication of a report examining the racist views of the school's founder and Nova Scotia's various c...
Sep 06, 2019

Investigators unable to determine cause of Halifax fire that killed seven children
HALIFAX - Nearly seven months after a devastating house fire claimed the lives of seven children, investigators in Halifax say they have been unable to determine the cause of the blaze. "Our fire...
Sep 06, 2019