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Canadian Army veterans traumatized from service connect with horses in therapy

Canadian Army veterans traumatized from service connect with horses in therapy

MONTREAL — Canadian Army veterans are healing their psychological wounds with some help from equine friends.
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Memorial begins for Murray Sinclair, who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Memorial begins for Murray Sinclair, who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

WINNIPEG — A national commemorative ceremony is underway in Winnipeg for Murray Sinclair, a former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools.
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Liberals to face third test in federal byelection in British Columbia next month

Liberals to face third test in federal byelection in British Columbia next month

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced voters in Cloverdale—Langley City will pick their next member of Parliament on Dec. 16.
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Port employers 'refusing to bargain,' cut off talks in less than an hour: Union

Port employers 'refusing to bargain,' cut off talks in less than an hour: Union

VANCOUVER — The union for locked-out port workers in British Columbia says the BC Maritime Employers Association cut off talks in less than an hour Saturday, refusing to budge on a final offer that the union has so far rejected.
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'It is urgent': Alberta military reservists eager to join Canadian Forces in Latvia

'It is urgent': Alberta military reservists eager to join Canadian Forces in Latvia

SUFFIELD, Alta. — A pair of 105-mm howitzers bark constantly as they turn plywood tank targets into kindling kilometres away on the windswept landscape of one of Canada's largest military bases.
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COP29 primer: Canada's priorities at the global climate talks, and the Trump impact

COP29 primer: Canada's priorities at the global climate talks, and the Trump impact

Canada could be an important consensus builder at this year's international climate negotiations, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault said, while downplaying concerns that Donald Trump's presidential election victory could hampe
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A new generation is bringing people back to abandoned Newfoundland towns

A new generation is bringing people back to abandoned Newfoundland towns

HICKMAN'S HARBOUR, N.L. — Brian Avery was three years old when he and his parents packed their belongings into a boat and pulled away from Deer Harbour, N.L., leaving behind their home, their way of life and centuries of family history.
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Port workers' union accuses BC Maritime Employers Association of ending talks early

Port workers' union accuses BC Maritime Employers Association of ending talks early

A labour dispute continues to paralyze cargo shipping at British Columbia ports, and the union for locked-out workers is accusing employers of abruptly ending contract talks early.
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Talks break off in B.C. port dispute as bid to end multi-day lockout fails

Talks break off in B.C. port dispute as bid to end multi-day lockout fails

VANCOUVER — Contract negotiations in a labour dispute that has paralyzed container cargo shipping at British Columbia's ports since Monday have been called off.
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First presumptive human case of avian flu acquired in Canada detected in teen

First presumptive human case of avian flu acquired in Canada detected in teen

British Columbia's Ministry of Health says the first suspected human case of bird flu contracted in Canada has been detected in B.C.
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