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Canada News Nov 26 to Dec 2, 2017

Cdn swims ocean passage

Cdn swims ocean passage

Punta Arenas, Chile Dec 2, 2017 / 3:44 pm

An Ontario software developer has become the first Canadian to successfully swim across the Strait of Magellan. Madhu Nagaraja says he completed the swim across...

PM off to China to talk trade

PM off to China to talk trade

Dec 2, 2017 / 2:16 pm

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is departing for Beijing for a four-day state visit to China that will begin Monday with a visit to a popular social media company...

Doctor's downward spiral

Doctor's downward spiral

Prince Edward Island Dec 2, 2017 / 12:19 pm

He was a doctor, a father, a marathon runner and an upstanding member of his Prince Edward Island community — but beneath the white coat, Grant Matheson...

Child killed by snowplow

Child killed by snowplow

Quebec City Dec 1, 2017 / 1:42 pm

An eight-year-old girl was struck and killed by a snowplow in Quebec City on Friday, police said. The child was pronounced dead in hospital, while the snowplow...

Funeral chain fights fentanyl

Funeral chain fights fentanyl

Langley Dec 1, 2017 / 11:59 am

A funeral services chain in British Columbia is developing a program it hopes will cut the number of drug deaths related to fentanyl among children and young...

Sam sign to rise again

Sam sign to rise again

Toronto Dec 1, 2017 / 10:57 am

A giant neon sign that once drew visitors to Toronto's landmark Sam the Record Man store is rising again and will soon light up a busy downtown hub in the...

High Arctic fishing ban

High Arctic fishing ban

Dec 1, 2017 / 10:41 am

An international deal has been reached to prevent commercial fishing in the High Arctic for at least the next 16 years. "Canada has reached an historic...

Victory for First Nations

Victory for First Nations

Yukon Dec 1, 2017 / 7:02 am

The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned an appeal court decision that rolled back years of planning for a huge swath of wilderness lands in Yukon. The...

Jobless rate lowest in years

Jobless rate lowest in years

Dec 1, 2017 / 6:46 am

A wave of job creation last month knocked the unemployment rate down to 5.9 per cent — its lowest level in nearly a decade. Statistics Canada said Friday...

Not talking missile defence

Not talking missile defence

Ottawa Dec 1, 2017 / 6:13 am

While the Canadian military is preparing to work with the U.S. on upgrading North America's aging defences, Canada's top general says there have been...

Air Transat slammed, fined

Air Transat slammed, fined

Ottawa Nov 30, 2017 / 2:05 pm

Air Transat failed its passengers during a sweltering, hours-long ordeal aboard two of its grounded aircraft this summer, a federal agency ruled Thursday as it...

Toews cleared of conflict

Toews cleared of conflict

Winnipeg Nov 30, 2017 / 12:20 pm

The Canadian Judicial Council has rejected complaints that former federal cabinet minister Vic Toews, who is now a Manitoba judge, is unfit to remain on the...

Say bonjour - or else

Say bonjour - or else

Quebec Nov 30, 2017 / 11:56 am

Quebec's legislature unanimously adopted a motion Thursday calling on store clerks to stick with a simple "bonjour" when greeting customers...

Prosperity ranking slips

Prosperity ranking slips

Nov 30, 2017 / 11:20 am

Canada's prosperity ranking has slipped in 2017 to the lowest level in 11 years, according an annual index that measures several factors including wealth...

Call for Morneau to resign

Call for Morneau to resign

Ottawa Nov 30, 2017 / 10:24 am

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer demanded Bill Morneau hand in his resignation Wednesday as political rivals intensified their attacks on a finance minister...

Naked kidnapping charges

Naked kidnapping charges

Leduc, AB Nov 30, 2017 / 10:02 am

One of three people arrested in a bizarre case of an Alberta family allegedly kidnapped by a group of naked people is facing additional charges. Court records...

Canada's space experiments

Canada's space experiments

Quebec Nov 30, 2017 / 6:56 am

When Canadian Astronaut David Saint-Jacques boards the International Space Station in November 2018, he'll be involved in groundbreaking experiments on how...

Triple murder case wraps

Triple murder case wraps

Red Deer Nov 30, 2017 / 6:37 am

The trial of two men accused of killing three members of a central Alberta family wrapped up Wednesday with the Crown arguing that both share responsibility for...

Apology for N-word

Apology for N-word

Quebec Nov 29, 2017 / 4:09 pm

The longest-serving member of Quebec's legislature has apologized for using the N-word in front of high-school students. Francois Gendron, 73, used the...

Great Lakes: polluted mess

Great Lakes: polluted mess

Nov 29, 2017 / 4:04 pm

Despite recent improvements, the U.S. and Canada have a long way to go toward ridding the Great Lakes of pollution that endangers human health and the...

Trudeau appoints justice

Trudeau appoints justice

Ottawa Nov 29, 2017 / 10:28 am

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made his second appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, naming Sheilah Martin to fill the vacancy that will open when...

Daily commutes get longer

Daily commutes get longer

Census 2016 Nov 29, 2017 / 7:06 am

More members of the workforce are cramming the country's buses, subways and highways each day, adding precious minutes to the daily commute, Statistics...

Working into golden years

Working into golden years

Census 2016 Nov 29, 2017 / 6:55 am

The three months of Bill VanGorder's retirement were among the longest of his career. Lured by the promise of relaxation and spare time, the Halifax...

Morneau threatens to sue

Morneau threatens to sue

Ottawa Nov 29, 2017 / 6:49 am

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is threatening to sue the Conservatives for suggesting he used his inside knowledge of a pending tax change announcement in 2015...

Backtracking on gun rally

Backtracking on gun rally

Montreal Nov 29, 2017 / 6:48 am

Amid swift and widespread outrage, a pro-gun lobby group backtracked Tuesday on a plan to hold a rally at a memorial site for the 14 women who were killed at...

Public art without consent

Public art without consent

Calgary Nov 29, 2017 / 6:24 am

A comedian from the United Kingdom says photos of her and her colleagues were used without their knowledge in artwork funded by the City of Calgary. A series of...

Don't let me out: criminal

Don't let me out: criminal

Calgary Nov 28, 2017 / 9:43 pm

A Saskatchewan man who was jailed for brutal attacks on two women in southern Alberta agrees that he should not receive day or full parole. In 2013, the Alberta...

Marlene Bird remembered

Marlene Bird remembered

Saskatoon Nov 28, 2017 / 6:29 pm

To the sound of pounding drums Indigenous dancers performed outside Saskatoon city hall to pay tribute to a homeless woman who survived a brutal attack in 2014,...

Trudeau says sorry

Trudeau says sorry

Ottawa Nov 28, 2017 / 6:25 pm

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began by telling a story -- one that began not that long ago and, in some ways, is still unfolding -- about how the federal...

On track for $10.3B deficit

On track for $10.3B deficit

Alberta Nov 28, 2017 / 11:39 am

Alberta remains on track to rack up a $10.3-billion deficit this year, but Finance Minister Joe Ceci says there are signs pointing to a continued rebound in the...

$100M for 'gay purge'

$100M for 'gay purge'

Ottawa Nov 28, 2017 / 9:45 am

The Trudeau government has earmarked more than $100 million to compensate members of the military and other federal agencies whose careers were sidelined or...

Break down booze barriers

Break down booze barriers

Survey says Nov 28, 2017 / 6:55 am

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear a landmark case on provincial beer and liquor monopolies, a new poll indicates Canadians overwhelmingly want to tear down...

Feds won't scrap Phoenix

Feds won't scrap Phoenix

Ottawa Nov 28, 2017 / 6:53 am

The federal government says it won't scrap the troubled Phoenix pay system, despite its costly problems and criticisms from the auditor general. Marie...

Puff, puff, pot law passed

Puff, puff, pot law passed

Ottawa Nov 28, 2017 / 6:47 am

The federal government's plan to legalize marijuana by next summer is a step closer. Bill C-45 received final approval Monday in the House of Commons,...

401 crash kills two

401 crash kills two

Ontario Nov 28, 2017 / 6:42 am

Two people were killed and four others injured late Monday in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 401 in eastern Ontario. The OPP says according to its preliminary...

Humour in reconciliation

Humour in reconciliation

Winnipeg Nov 28, 2017 / 6:32 am

The name, perhaps, is the place to start. "It's a very corny old joke," said Tim Fontaine, the man behind a new and increasingly popular...

Do you recognize him?

Do you recognize him?

Red Deer Nov 27, 2017 / 4:39 pm

Police have released a composite sketch of a man found dead in Red Deer, Alta., last summer in hopes of identifying him. RCMP responded to a report of a...

Redford advises Afghanistan

Redford advises Afghanistan

Alberta Nov 27, 2017 / 4:30 pm

Former Alberta premier Alison Redford has taken a new job as policy adviser to Afghanistan's minister of energy. The World Bank says Redford has been hired...

Pot regs coming tonight

Pot regs coming tonight

Ottawa Nov 27, 2017 / 4:23 pm

The federal government is expected later tonight to come a step closer to its plans to legalize marijuana as its proposed cannabis legislation makes its way out...

Raped, burned... gone

Raped, burned... gone

Saskatchewan Nov 27, 2017 / 11:15 am

A woman who lost both her legs and much of her eyesight after she was viciously attacked and set on fire in a back alley more than three years ago has died....

9 dead in strep outbreak

9 dead in strep outbreak

Ontario Nov 27, 2017 / 11:08 am

Health officials have issued an alert, saying nine people have died in an ongoing invasive Group A streptococcus outbreak in the London, Ont., area. The...

Disabled cargo ship rescued

Disabled cargo ship rescued

Newfoundland Nov 27, 2017 / 11:06 am

A disabled cargo ship was towed back into shore Monday after running into trouble in rough North Atlantic seas, just two days after it left the Newfoundland...

Can you rehab a terrorist?

Can you rehab a terrorist?

Nov 27, 2017 / 5:58 am

A leading researcher on terrorist travellers says returnees to Canada can be rehabilitated, since those who come back to their home countries are often...

Cargo ship in rough waters

Cargo ship in rough waters

Nov 26, 2017 / 7:27 pm

Inclement weather is causing a dangerous situation as crews try to tow a disabled cargo ship to safety near the coast of Newfoundland, says a Canadian Coast...

Trudeau finalizes topics

Trudeau finalizes topics

Nov 26, 2017 / 6:52 pm

Trade and human rights are among the topics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau intends to raise during a visit to China next month. Trudeau's office finalized...

'Fair deal' for LGBTQ

'Fair deal' for LGBTQ

Ottawa Nov 26, 2017 / 2:04 pm

A lawyer for members of the military and other federal agencies who were investigated and sanctioned because of their sexual orientation says a hellish week of...

Sister appeals over bullying

Sister appeals over bullying

Montreal, Que. Nov 26, 2017 / 11:05 am

The sister of a 15-year-old boy who committed suicide is urging people to take action against bullying in the hopes of saving lives. Karine Dufour's message...

Shark mating scene?

Shark mating scene?

Halifax, N.S. Nov 26, 2017 / 10:28 am

A social media savvy great white shark is extending his much-watched sojourn in Atlantic Canada, in what one researcher is calling further evidence that Nova...

Suspended over profiling

Suspended over profiling

Regina, Sask. Nov 26, 2017 / 9:38 am

Giant Tiger says an employee has been suspended after a video circulated on social media showing a man being followed around one of the store's Regina...

Where will children go?

Where will children go?

Winnipeg Nov 26, 2017 / 8:10 am

Some Manitoba First Nations say they are worried some of the reforms planned for the province's troubled child-welfare system could worsen the problem of...

Cybercrimes could kill

Cybercrimes could kill

Calgary Nov 26, 2017 / 7:07 am

Data theft from high-profile hacks against companies like Uber and Equifax can cost consumers thousands of dollars but resource companies worry about millions...

$1M winner in BC

$1M winner in BC

Lotto 649 Nov 26, 2017 / 6:44 am

The $5-million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw was claimed by a ticket sold in Ontario. And the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket...

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