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Prime Minister Trudeau heads to NATO summit, where leaders face critical decisions

Prime Minister Trudeau heads to NATO summit, where leaders face critical decisions

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is en route to this week's NATO leaders' summit in Lithuania, where Canada is likely to play a larger-than-usual role in two critical discussions: the alliance's expanding membership and its efforts to refocus on collect
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Heat warnings in place in six provinces, Ontario town faces tornado warning

Heat warnings in place in six provinces, Ontario town faces tornado warning

Extreme weather alerts remain in place across much of Canada, with federal forecasters warning of heat, rainfall, thunderstorms and possible tornadoes in different parts of the country.
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Grievers sneaking into cemetery as labour dispute drags on; 300 bodies still unburied

Grievers sneaking into cemetery as labour dispute drags on; 300 bodies still unburied

MONTREAL — Once a week, Nancy Babalis slips under the wrought-iron fence surrounding Canada's largest cemetery to visit the grave of her 13-year-old son. "I sneak in every weekend. I found a place where the fence is higher," she said on Sunday.
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Next steps on new health care deal tops agenda as premiers meet in Winnipeg

Next steps on new health care deal tops agenda as premiers meet in Winnipeg

OTTAWA — The last time all of Canada's premiers sat down around the same table, their attention was focused on getting Ottawa to pay more to fix the understaffed, hospitals, shuttered emergency rooms, surgical backlogs and health-worker shortages thr
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Employers want arbitrator for maintenance issues as talks resume in B.C. port strike

Employers want arbitrator for maintenance issues as talks resume in B.C. port strike

VANCOUVER — Talks between the two sides in an ongoing port strike in British Columbia have resumed, ending a days-long stretch away from the negotiating table.
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Environment Canada issues heat warnings for B.C., parts of Alberta and the North

Environment Canada issues heat warnings for B.C., parts of Alberta and the North

Parts of southern and coastal British Columbia as well as large swaths of Alberta and the North are under heat warnings as temperatures are forecasted to soar near or above 30 degrees Celsius over the weekend and into Monday.
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'A debt of gratitude': Trudeau thanks Ismaili community at Calgary Stampede breakfast

'A debt of gratitude': Trudeau thanks Ismaili community at Calgary Stampede breakfast

CALGARY — Politics and pancake breakfasts can make for strange bedfellows.
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Bar that became epicentre of Lac-Megantic tragedy now a symbol of its rebuild

Bar that became epicentre of Lac-Megantic tragedy now a symbol of its rebuild

LAC-MÉGANTIC — The bar that became the epicentre of the deadly train disaster that struck Lac-Megantic, Que.
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'Tornado detectives' at Western University out to demystify Canada's twister history

'Tornado detectives' at Western University out to demystify Canada's twister history

WASHINGTON — Confirming a tornado in Canada used to be a bit like the proverbial tree falling in the forest: if no one was there to see it, it never officially happened.
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People flock to Newfoundland in search of the Come From Away kindness — and find it

People flock to Newfoundland in search of the Come From Away kindness — and find it

GANDER, N.L. — Janet Hayward didn't show too much outward excitement Friday night as she walked toward a Gander, N.L., theatre to see the musical that inspired what she calls her "Newfoundland Quest" -- but she did arrive a full hour early.
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