A top executive of China's Huawei Technologies who is under arrest in Canada is set to appear in a Vancouver court on Friday for a bail hearing as she awaits possible extradition to the United States.
Sir John A. Macdonald is as close to a founding father as Canada has and monuments in his memory are sprinkled across the country. But now Macdonald is being remembered for a crueler aspect of his legacy: the infamous residential school system.
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the US-Canada border as a historical anomaly and thrust into an unlikely role as the site of emotional reunions between people separated by the Trump administration's immigration policies.
For the first time in decades, the UK and nine other countries met to talk about disinformation, fake news, electoral interference and data misuse. But Mark Zuckerberg didn't make an appearance.
A plant closing is about much more than lost paychecks —it shatters people’s sense of belonging and identity. Nearly 3,000 autoworkers will be out of work in Oshawa after GM announced its plans to leave after more than a century of production.
Sterilization is a form of torture according to the United Nations. "This class action is there to stop it [forced sterilization], punish it and prosecute it," said lawyer Alisa Lombard who filed suit last year.
A federal judge in Montana halted construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Thursday on the grounds that the US government did not complete a full analysis of the environmental impact of the TransCanada Corp. project.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In Canada, an imam from Iran has joined up with his next-door neighbor, a Reform rabbi, to help raise funds to resettle families fleeing civil war. What brought the unlikely duo together? It began with parking.
Damian Clairmont converted to Islam and died fighting for ISIS in Syria one year ago this week. His mother is reaching out to other parents who fear the same future for their children.
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Health
Vancouver combats heroin by giving its addicts the best smack in the world
PRI's The World
February 04, 2015
Updated
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?
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.
Conflict
'They look at our children as monsters, and they're not,' argues mom of ISIS fighter
PRI's The World
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.
Media
How a Canadian radio host's firing started a global conversation about sexual assault
PRI's The World
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
PRI's The World
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.
Culture
Why I’m actually moving to Canada
PRI's The World
November 16, 2016
The United States, which gave refuge to my Kosovar wife, is no place for our future children.
Conflict
Habib Zahori was scared to seek asylum in the US. So he pushed a rickety bicycle through snow to get to Canada.
PRI's The World
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."
Belief
The ayatollah and the rabbi who teamed up to help Syrian refugees
PRI's The World
April 06, 2016
In Canada, an imam from Iran has joined up with his next-door neighbor, a Reform rabbi, to help raise funds to resettle families fleeing civil war. What brought the unlikely duo together? It began with parking.
Justice
Christianne Boudreau lost her son when he went to fight with ISIS. Now she's doing something about it.
PRI's The World
January 13, 2015
Damian Clairmont converted to Islam and died fighting for ISIS in Syria one year ago this week. His mother is reaching out to other parents who fear the same future for their children.