Canada

Air Canada memo called racist

Air Canada says it never meant to offend anyone in a memo about the airline's decision to stop using downtown Winnipeg hotels for crew layovers. "It appears certain inferences are being drawn from the contents of a recent internal bulletin relating to accommodation for flight crews...

Ophelia forces evacuations

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, Oct. 3, 2011 at 01:45 AM EDT shows cloud cover with embedded showers over areas of the northeastern corner of the nation due to lingering low pressure. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, WEATHER...

Ophelia forces evacuation

Heavy rain from post-tropical storm Ophelia has forced the evacuation of some homes in a small community on Newfoundland's south coast. Belleoram Mayor Stewart May says town emergency officials had to evacuate five homes today after part of the bank of a roadway was washed away. May...

Separating safe from toxic

The federal government is about to put major new funding into its chemicals management plan  the program that separates safe from toxic chemicals in many consumer and business products. Environment Minister Peter Kent and Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq are announcing this morning that...

Ophelia heads toward Newfoundland

HALIFAX - Canadian Hurricane Centre says Hurricane Ophelia is expected to pass near Newfoundland early Monday as a strong post-tropical storm. The centre says Ophelia has weakened to a Category 1 storm with top sustained winds of about 130 kilometres an hour. The storm is moving...

Candidate compared to bus beheader

An anonymous letter mailed out to some residents in Winnipeg in the dying days of Manitoba's election campaign that contains a racial slur against a Liberal candidate amounts to hate speech, provincial Liberals said Sunday. The unsigned letter, with no political letterhead or party...

Ozone hole caused by cold weather

Scientists say an unprecedented ozone "hole" opened up above the Arctic last year, caused by an unusually prolonged period of extremely low temperatures. A NASA-led study says the amount of ozone destroyed was comparable to that seen in some years in the Antarctic, where an ozone...

Don't trade women's rights for peace

Two new reports from the international aid group Oxfam paint an unnerving portrait of human-rights in Afghanistan. The studies are warning the international community, including Canada, not to trade women or justice to get a lasting peace. The pair of studies urge western governments to...

NDP leadership gets crowded

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. NDP MP Paul Dewar laughs as he speaks with media after announcing he will seek the leadership of the party during an event in Ottawa, Sunday October 2, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld Paul Dewar shunned flashy...

MacKay kept in the dark

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office was so seized with controlling public opinion of Canada's shooting war in southern Afghanistan that even Defence Minister Peter MacKay wasn't always in the loop, says a new book about the conflict. "The Savage War," by Canadian...

Border issues or Twitter issues?

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. British actor Russell Brand arrives for the European premiere of "Arthur" at the O2 Arena in London, April 19, 2011. Call it a case of social media confusion.Comedian Brand used Twitter to let fans know a show in...

Lax provincial election rules

Strict spending limits on third-party advertising during federal elections don't apply to provincial contests, and the current spate of provincial campaigns has marked an open season for special interest groups. Public and private sector unions, corporations, lobby groups and business...

Another fugitive on CBSA list arrested

The federal government has announced the arrest of a sixth person on the Canada Border Services Agency's wanted list. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews today identified him as Orret O'Neil Brock. One of 32 individuals on the CBSA list, he was arrested by Toronto police. Toews...

'Back-room deals' in Ontario election

As the Ontario election campaign enters the home stretch, speculation over the NDP's role in an increasingly likely minority government scenario has the provincial Tories worried about "backroom deals" between their political rivals. The Progressive Conservatives' concerns...

Alberta's first female premier

In a week of heartbreak and triumph, Alison Redford saw her mom die in hospital and four days later delivered a stunning electoral upset that will see her become Alberta's first female premier. In doing so, the 46-year-old rookie legislature member rewrote the rules on electioneering,...

Wheelchair MPs rolling on the Hill

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Quebec NDP M.P. Manon Perreault is shown on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, September 21, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Fred Chartrand Here's something Canadians might not know about the floor of the House of...

Mobility issues for MP in Ottawa

Here's something Canadians might not know about the floor of the House of Commons: it isn't as wheelchair friendly as they might think. Rookie New Democrat Manon Perreault, the second-ever Canadian MP to use a wheelchair in office, struggles whenever she tries to roll herself across...

Climate change could cost billions

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Ice floes float in Baffin Bay above the arctic circle from the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent Thursday, July 10, 2008. Climate change will be costing Canada and its people about $5 billion a year by 2020, a...

British mum to be extradited

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Helen Gavaghan is shown in an undated photo. The British mother who allegedly abducted her daughter and brought her to Canada will be extradited to the United Kingdom. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Toronto Police Service A...

Supreme Court sides with Insite

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Plaintiff Dean Wilson, who is a former user of Insite, reacts to the ruling regarding Vancouver's supervised injection sites, in the lobby of the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa on Friday, September 30, 2011. THE CANADIAN...