Canada

June 13, 2018

The North American bid collected 134 votes to the 65 for Morocco. One congress member voted for "neither bid."

'Fair trade, fool trade,' Trump's tweets spew ire on NATO allies, Trudeau

June 11, 2018

US President Donald Trump fired off a volley of tweets on Monday venting anger on NATO allies, the European Union and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the wake of a divisive G7 meeting over the weekend.

Climate Change

After G7 summit, European leaders accuse Trump of 'incoherence and inconsistency'

June 10, 2018

The spat drew in Germany and France, who sharply criticized Trump's decision to abruptly withdraw his support for a Group of Seven communique hammered out at a Canadian summit on Saturday, accusing him of destroying trust and acting inconsistently.

Environment

Trump to leave G7 early, missing environmental talks

June 09, 2018

The two-day summit in Canada has been marred by fears of a trade war and tit-for-tat exchanges of hostile tweets, with US trading partners furious over Trump's decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, the European Union and Mexico as part of his "America first" agenda.

G7 leaders set to clash with combative Trump over tariffs, trade

June 08, 2018

Leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations are set to clash with a combative US President Donald Trump on Friday when they pressure him to lift sanctions on steel and aluminum they fear could lead to a trade war.

America's G7 allies condemn Trump tariffs, setting up heated fight

June 03, 2018

Finance leaders of the closest US allies vented anger over the Trump administration's metal import tariffs on Saturday, ending a three-day meeting with a stern rebuke of Washington and setting up a heated fight at a G7 summit next week in Quebec.

US announces steel and aluminum tariffs; German cars could be next

May 31, 2018

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told reporters on a telephone briefing that a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports from the EU, Canada and Mexico would go into effect at midnight.

Sports

'I can't control my gender'

May 25, 2018

Stephanie Labbé is one of Canada's best women soccer players. Two years ago, she was the goalkeeper for Canada's bronze-medal winning Olympic soccer team in Rio. After the games, Labbé wanted to keep playing professionally in Canada, but there are no professional women's teams.

There are 28 other monarchies in the world

May 18, 2018

Are you obsessing over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding? Well, to help you get your royal fix, here's some other information about other royal families.

Health

Vancouver combats heroin by giving its addicts the best smack in the world

February 04, 2015

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02/09/2015 - 5:15pm

Heroin has been a major problem in Vancouver for decades. To battle it, the city has launched a new program that provides serious addicts pure heroin three times a day. Is that actually a good idea?

'They look at our children as monsters, and they're not,' argues mom of ISIS fighter

December 30, 2015

Christianne Boudreau's son Damian died fighting with ISIS in Syria last year. Now she's reaching out to other parents, coping with jihadist radicalization.

Culture

Purists don't like this mix of Acadian French and English, but it may be helping the French language in Canada

The World in Words

April 05, 2016

If you want to upset French language purists, learn to speak Chiac. It's a dialect of Acadian French spoken in New Brunswick that borrows liberally from English. Even as other North American dialects and languages are vanishing, Chiac seems to be sticking around.

Education

Canadian groups are lashing out about Muslim prayer in schools

GlobalPost

May 24, 2017

Ontario requires a prayer space in schools, but a backlash against Muslim student prayer outside Toronto resulted in the tearing of a Quran and threats against the community.

Media

How a Canadian radio host's firing started a global conversation about sexual assault

November 04, 2014

Statistics show that rape is a crime that is rarely reported. But a scandal involving a Canadian radio talk show host has sparked a global conversation about sexual assault. Now thousands of men and women are tweeting about their experiences using the hashtag #BeenRapedNeverReported.

Conflict & Justice

An ex-US soldier sues his adversary in Afghanistan to keep him from reaping millions of dollars

June 02, 2014

Canadian Omar Khadr was just 15 when he allegedly threw a grenade in Afghanistan that injured Sergeant Layne Morris and killed another American. Now Khadr is suing the Canadian government for $20 million and Sergeant Morris intends to stop him from using that money.

Habib Zahori was scared to seek asylum in the US. So he pushed a rickety bicycle through snow to get to Canada.

February 23, 2017

"I think I was the only living thing walking there, with my bicycle. ... I've never felt as miserable as that day."

Culture

Why I’m actually moving to Canada

November 16, 2016

The United States, which gave refuge to my Kosovar wife, is no place for our future children.

Details emerge about the suspect in the Ottawa shooting, but not about potential terrorist ties

October 23, 2014

After the shooting and the lockdown in Ottawa, Canadian police have shared details about the suspected gunman: Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a Canadian citizen with a criminal record and a confiscated passport. But further information about his conversion to Islam and radicalization is still scarce.

Refugees are freezing to flee the US for Canada